cock of the roost
cock of the roost · cocks of the roost
A proud or conceited personA proud or conceited person.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A proud or conceited person.
Forms
plural: cocks of the roost| Singular | cock of the roost |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedpeacockery
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.