cock of the roost



cock of the roost

An arrogant, conceited, or overly proud person, typically a man. He struts around campus like he's the cock of the roost, all because his dad is some politician.
See also: cock, of, roost

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Feliksfye-LEEKS (Russian), fee-LEEKS (Russian), FE-leeks (Polish)Russian, Slovene, Polish
SvenjaSVEN-yahGerman
JevgeŅIja-Latvian
Pradip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Cedric['sedrik]
MargeryMAHR-jə-reeEnglish