roach Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
  2. noun the butt of a marijuana cigarette
  3. noun street names for flunitrazepan
    R-2; roofy; forget me drug; rope; Mexican valium; rophy; circle.
  4. noun any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
    cockroach.
  5. noun European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
    Rutilus rutilus.
  6. verb comb (hair) into a roach
  7. verb cut the mane off (a horse)

WordNet

Roach noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A cockroach.
Roach noun
Etymology
OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G. roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a fish.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. (b) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish. (c) The redfin, or shiner.
  2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
Roach transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to arch.
  2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

Webster 1913