cock of the roost
1cock of the roost — cock of the walk/roost/rock/informal phrase a man who thinks he is stronger, cleverer, or more successful than the rest of his group Thesaurus: people who are confident, boastful or arrogantsynonym Main entry …
2cock of the walk — phrasal : one that dominates a group or situation especially overbearingly a rather boastful gentleman in a high collar and red suspenders appeared to be cock of the walk R.H.Schauffler * * * the leader in a group, esp. one with a conceited,… …
3cock of the rock — noun 1. bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola • Syn: ↑Rupicola peruviana • Hypernyms: ↑cotinga, ↑chatterer 2. tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest • Syn: ↑ …
4roost — /rust / (say roohst) noun 1. a perch upon which domestic fowls rest at night. 2. a house or place for fowls or birds to roost in. 3. a place for sitting, resting, or staying. –verb (i) 4. to sit or rest on a roost, perch, etc. 5. to settle or… …
5cock — I UK [kɒk] / US [kɑk] noun [countable] Word forms cock : singular cock plural cocks 1) a) an adult male chicken. The noise that a cock makes is called crowing. The usual American word is rooster. b) an adult male bird of any kind a cock pheasant… …
6cock — cock1 [ kak ] noun count 1. ) MAINLY BRITISH a ROOSTER a ) an adult male bird of any kind: a cock pheasant 2. ) IMPOLITE a man s PENIS cock of the walk/roost/rock INFORMAL a man who thinks he is stronger, more intelligent, or more successful than …
7roost|er — «ROOS tuhr», noun. 1. the male of the common domestic bird kept for its eggs and meat; male chicken; cock. SYNONYM(S): chanticleer. 2. Figurative. a cocky man or boy. ╂[apparently < roost + er1] …
8roost·er — /ˈruːstɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] chiefly US : an adult male chicken We heard the crow of a rooster. called also cock compare ↑hen …
9Master — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Master >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 master master padrone Sgm: N 1 lord lord lord paramount Sgm: N 1 commander commander commandant Sgm: N 1 captain captain Sgm: N 1 chief …
10Rida Johnson Young — (February 28 1869 [The year of birth is given as 1869 by IMDB and IBDB. [http://nfo.net/cal/ty2.html Pfeffer s index of composers and lyricists] explicitly says 1875 (Not 1869) , but doesn t elaborate, and contains an attribution error for When… …
