cock a hoop (kokahop)

and n. [Earlier cock-on- hoop; taken from the phrase to set the cock on hoop or on the under cock1, n.). Commonly referred to an a umed F. coq à huppe: coq = E. cock1; à, the hoop or a - hoop (which see, Cock - a - hoop ( coqu a hupe , i. e., cock with a cope-brest or comb, F.), all upon the spur; standing upon high terms. Bailey , 1733. And having routed a whole troop, With victory was cock - a - hoop . S. Butler , Hudibras. IMG:content-0716.png:[blocks in formation] Bailey, 1733. They po e ed that ingenuous habit of mind which always thinks aloud; which rides cock - a - hoop on the tongue, and is forever galloping into other people's ears. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 189.