roost

Chickens roost at night.

The rooster’s crow woke me.

The rooster bristled his crest.

Santeria High Priest prepares a rooster for sacrifice in a ceremony for the recovery of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Mike the Headless Chicken was a Wyandotte rooster that lived for 18 months after its head had been cut off.

For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he’s got a tax bill of ￡25000.

He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, and the bandsmen sitting in the green rotunda blew out their cheeks and glared at the music.

But when it comes to embryonic learning, birds could rule the roost.

I have yet to have a bull that ruled the roost.

First, what is to roost? To roost means to settle down for rest or sleep.

Curses came home to roost, Mammy said.

Birds like to roost off the ground.

They do establish a dominance between them as to who is ruling the roost out there.

In langur society females rule the roost and take the lead when the family is on the move.

What happens when your chickens come home to roost?

A warning cry to fellow roost mates?

An adult male rules this roost and has no intention of letting another male onto his patch.