TRIUMPH, TRIUMPHANT
ADJECTIVES
► ACOCK triumphant, elated → 1611 Eng. dial.
► A-COCK-HORSE triumphant → 1611 Eng. dial.
► COCK-A-HOOP elated, overjoyed; exultant, triumphant → 1564
► CRANK lively, brisk, in high spirits; lusty, sprightly, merry; aggressively high-spirited, disposed to exult or triumph, cocky → 1499
► PALMY triumphant, bearing or worthy to ‘bear the palm’, flourishing, prosperous → 1602
► TRIPUDIANT triumphant, exultant, dancing for joy → a1626
ADVERBS
► A-COCK-HORSE in a place of triumph; in an exalted position → M17 obs.
INTERJECTIONS
► GAME ON! an exclamation of triumph at having sorted out initial arrangements → 1980s sl.
► HURROO! a cry of triumph or exultant excitement → 1824
► TIMBER! an exclamation of triumph, achievement, etc. → 1912 US sl.
► TISTY-TOSTY! an exclamation of triumph or exultation → 1568 obs.
VERBS
► BAT to triumph, to exult → 1867 Eng. dial.
► CARRY THE DAY to succeed; to triumph → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CROW OVER to triumph over → 1588
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