Roach (r ch), Maxwell Known as "Max." 1924-2007. American jazz drummer who defined the role of the drummer in the development of bop. |
| roach 1 (rch) n. pl. roach or roach·es 1. A freshwater fish (Rutilus rutilus) of northern Europe. 2. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as some North American sunfishes. [Middle English roche, from Old French roce, roche.] |
| roach 2 (rch) n. pl. roach·es 1. The cockroach. 2. Slang The butt of a marijuana cigarette. |
| roach 3 (rch) 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 An outward curve in the leech of a fore-and-aft 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. [Origin unknown.] |
Roach [rəʊtʃ]
n
(Biographies / Roach, Hal (1892-1992) M, US, FILMS AND TV: producer) 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
roach1
n pl roaches, roach
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid food fish, Rutilus rutilus, having a deep compressed body and reddish ventral and tail fins
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar fishes
[from Old French roche, of obscure origin]
roach2
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for cockroach
2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang the butt of a cannabis cigarette
roach3
n Nautical
1. (Transport / 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. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the curve at the foot of a square sail
[of unknown origin]
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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 | |
| 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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