roach

CEFRB1

/ɹəʊtʃ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A cockroach, an insect with a flat body and long legs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:

Examples

  • From behind the fridge, a roach comes out.

  • No house has only one roach in it.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ɹoʊt͡ʃ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially

  2. A common roach (Rutilus rutilus).

  3. Any of genus Hesperoleucus of California roaches.

More examples

In context

  • Last toke is the yellowing fabric of the roach, containing the stuff that is less than tobacco.

  • In his half hour of free time between brooms it was Willie's custom to smoke his lunch in an alleyway. He'd take just half a roach, only enough to make him feel a new day was starting, no more no less.

  • I stand by it being a horrible call, but Yamdef getting called out for roaching, there’s definitely some irony going on there.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”), from Old Saxon *rūh, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“rough”). Cognate with Old English ruhha ("a ray"; > Middle English rouhe, rohȝe), German Rochen (“ray (fish)”).