(idiomatic) To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.

(idiomatic) A proud or conceited person.

plural of cock of the roost

(idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

(idiomatic) A person's past wrongdoings will return to negatively affect them.

Alternative form of the chickens come home to roost.

(Canada, US, Kent, Australia, New Zealand) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird. / A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.

plural of rooster

plural of roostertail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roostertail