cock-a-hoop

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cock-a-hoop
    adj 1: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful},
           {braggart(a)}, {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big},
           {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing}, {self-aggrandizing}, {self-
           aggrandising}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cock-a-hoop \cock`-a-hoop"\, a.
   Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

   Syn: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal),
        braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.
        [1913 Webster]
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