Adjective : He was cock-a-hoop over his victory. ,He knocked his hat cock-a-hoop.    From Dictionary.com. 

So Yorks cock-a-hoop again, Durham are 176 for eight.    From Wordnik.com.  [County cricket - live!] Reference

Conservatives, on the other hand, should be cock-a-hoop.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Personally, as one of your nationalists, I'm cock-a-hoop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Full detail of Daily Mail/Al-Megrahi Poll] Reference

Our friend de Gautet won't be quite so cock-a-hoop another time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Royal Flash]

Ever shallow, hasty, and positive, he went home quite cock-a-hoop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference

If I were a Tory strategist, I'd be both cock-a-hoop and bricking it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

So far as I can see he's got absolutely nothing to be cock-a-hoop about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumpole and the Reign of Terror]

'I suppose it wouldn't do for a clergyman to be cock-a-hoop,' he said presently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holiday Tales] Reference

He seemed cheerful, on the way to cock-a-hoop perhaps, but not yet annoyingly there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumpole and the Reign of Terror]

As I have said before, I don't know what's worse, Rumpole cock-a-hoop or Rumpole in the dumps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumpole and the Reign of Terror]

Kitty was so cock-a-hoop over it that she couldn't refrain from 'phoning the good news on Sunday morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon out of Reach] Reference

Her mum had been cock-a-hoop when she'd arrived home with Goldplated in May, especially with the price she'd negotiated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marriage At A Price]

I DON'T KNOW WHY, but we have now entered a period when Rumpole is cock-a-hoop, which is something I find rather irritating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumpole and the Reign of Terror]

McDonald leaves Celtic, Keane set to be cock-a-hoop at move.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

The evangelists will be cock-a-hoop with this kind of story.    From Wordnik.com.  [AccMan Pro] Reference

"And who is your father, master cock-a-hoop?" asked the man.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Axe and Rifle] Reference

"O my young cock-a-hoop, you show fight, do you?" he exclaimed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter the Whaler] Reference

The No campaign are cock-a-hoop but have little positive to say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Socialist Party] Reference

They must back themselves, but equally they can't be cock-a-hoop.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Ricky was clearly cock-a-hoop with his new lease of life in the ring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

And Maxse and all those scaremongers cock-a-hoop and 'I told you so.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Britling Sees It Through] Reference

"Amy was so awfully cock-a-hoop about her new dish, too," began Norman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls] Reference

Republicans are cock-a-hoop, claiming an anti-Obama revolution has begun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toronto Sun] Reference

Cpl Aston's father, Mike, told the BBC: 'We are cock-a-hoop, quite honestly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Naturally, the footy fans at PL towers are cock-a-hoop with the announcement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pocket-lint] Reference

But a friend, who asked not to be named, said: 'He is cock-a-hoop about this.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

It might only be a tiny little thing, but it's kept me cock-a-hoop for a week.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

I expect his publishers are cock-a-hoop, but I wonder whether they are wise to be so.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

It's no wonder Barrow AFC are cock-a-hoop at capturing the 27-year-old striker for free.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference

And Coyle knows Wigan will be cock-a-hoop after their first victory over the Merseysiders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference

I thought you were such a great big cock-a-hoop sort of a chap that you could do anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden] Reference

While Dutch newspapers are predictably cock-a-hoop this morning about developments in South.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

'T is thou that liest, and art a cock-a-hoop braggart into the bargain, Master Edward Lister!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims] Reference

"That's a lie, my young cock-a-hoop; if it did not lead somewhere, it would not have been made.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First] Reference

Hoteliers are cock-a-hoop and see it as a golden opportunity to improve their business prospects.    From Wordnik.com. Reference