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roach 1
(rōch)n. pl. roach or roach·es
1. An edible freshwater cyprinid fish (Rutilus rutilus) of northern Europe.
2. Any of various similar fishes, such as some North American freshwater sunfishes.
[Middle English roche; akin to Medieval Latin rocea (attested in a source from England from around AD 1000) and Anglo-Norman roche and ultimately of unknown origin.]
roach 2
(rōch)n. pl. roach·es
1. A cockroach.
2. Slang The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
roach 3
(rōch)n. pl. roach·es
1. A roll of hair brushed up from the forehead or temple.
2. A hairstyle especially among certain Native American peoples in which the head is shaved except for a strip from front to back across the top.
3. Nautical
a. An outward curve in the leech of a fore-and-aft sail.
b. An inward curve in the foot of a square sail.
tr.v. roached, roach·ing, roach·es
1. To brush (hair) in a roach.
2. To shave (the mane of a horse) to a short bristle.
[Originally meaning "inward curve in a square sail," from roach and (in reference to the relatively high arch of the fish's back).]
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roach
(rəʊtʃ)n, pl roaches or roach
1. (Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid food fish, Rutilus rutilus, having a deep compressed body and reddish ventral and tail fins
2. (Animals) any of various similar fishes
[C14: from Old French roche, of obscure origin]
roach
(rəʊtʃ)n
1. (Animals) short for cockroach
2. (Recreational Drugs) slang the butt of a cannabis cigarette
roach
(rəʊtʃ)n
1. (Nautical Terms) the amount by which the leech of a fore-and-aft sail projects beyond an imaginary straight line between the clew and the head
2. (Nautical Terms) the curve at the foot of a square sail
[C18: of unknown origin]
Roach
(rəʊtʃ)n
(Biography) Hal, full name Harald Eugene Roach. 1892–1992, US film producer, whose company produced numerous comedy films in the 1920s and 1930s, including those featuring Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy
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roach1
(roʊtʃ)n.
1. a cockroach.
2. Slang. the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
[1830–40, Amer.; by shortening]
roach2
(roʊtʃ)n., pl. roach•es, (esp. collectively) roach.
1. a European freshwater fish, Rutilus rutilus, of the carp family.
2. a freshwater sunfish of the genus Lepomis, found in E North America.
[1275–1325; Middle English roche < Old French, of obscure orig.]
roach3
(roʊtʃ)n.
1. hair combed up from the forehead in a roll or curve.
v.t. 2. to clip or cut off (the mane of a horse); hog.
3. to comb (hair) into a roach.
[1785–95]
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Roach
To trim a horse’s mane short enough that it stands up straight.
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| Noun | 1. | roach - a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| 2. |  roach - the butt of a marijuana cigarette stub - the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) | |
| 3. | roach - street names for flunitrazepan flunitrazepan, Rohypnol - a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia | |
| 4. |  roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pestsdictyopterous insect - cockroaches and mantids Blattaria, Blattodea, suborder Blattaria, suborder Blattodea - cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, Blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution American cockroach, Periplaneta americana - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed Australian cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae - widely distributed in warm countries Blattella germanica, Croton bug, crotonbug, German cockroach, water bug - small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest giant cockroach - large tropical American cockroaches | |
| 5. |  roach - European freshwater food fish having a greenish backcyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales genus Rutilus, Rutilus - roaches | |
| Verb | 1. | roach - comb (hair) into a roach comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" |
| 2. | roach - cut the mane off (a horse) |
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roach
[rəʊtʃ] N (roach or roaches (pl))1. (= fish) → gobio m
2. (US) (= cockroach) → cucaracha f
3. (Drugs) → cucaracha f
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roach
n. cucaracha.
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