cock-a-hoop

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Exultant, very happy, triumphant. I have to say I felt pretty cock-a-hoop straight after my epidural but, some hours later, my head felt as though someone large and heavy had been sitting on it.
Similar: euphoric, joyous, air-headed, blissed out, blissful, enrapt, rapt, cock-a-hoop, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant

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@misc{cock_a_hoop_2026,
  title = {cock-a-hoop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cock-a-hoop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}