Roach

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roach \Roach\, v. t.
     1. To cause to arch.
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     2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall
        stand upright.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roach \Roach\, n. (Zool.)
     A cockroach.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roach \Roach\, n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G.
     roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a
     fish.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (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.
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     2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail
        to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
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     {As sound as a roach} [roach perhaps being a corruption of a
        F. roche a rock], perfectly sound.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roach
       n 1: the butt of a marijuana cigarette
       2: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: {R-2}, {Mexican valium},
           {rophy}, {rope}, {roofy}, {forget me drug}, {circle}]
       3: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic
          pests [syn: {cockroach}]
       4: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn: {Rutilus
          rutilus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "roach":
     DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, afterglow, afterimage,
     antidepressant, ataractic, balance, butt, butt end, candle ends,
     cat flea, chaff, chigoe, cockroach, crab, debris, detritus,
     diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, dog flea, end, fag end,
     filings, flea, fossil, gage, ganja, grass, grayback, hallucinogen,
     hash, hashish, hay, hemp, holdover, husks, jigger, joint, kava,
     leavings, leftovers, louse, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean,
     mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug,
     mind-expanding drug, mite, morning glory seeds, nit, odds and ends,
     offscourings, orts, parasite, parings, peyote, pot, psilocin,
     psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug,
     psychochemical, psychotomimetic, rags, red bug, reefer, refuse,
     relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest,
     rubbish, ruins, rump, sand flea, sawdust, scourings, scraps,
     shadow, shavings, stick, straw, stubble, stump, survival,
     sweepings, tea, trace, tranquilizer, vermin, vestige, waste, weed,
     weevil
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  roach vt. [Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure. Hardware
     gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached. Probably derived from
     '70s and '80s drug slang; marijuana smokers used `roach' to refer to the
     unsmokable remnant of a joint, and to `roach' a joint was therefore to
     destroy it.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  roach
       
           A {Bell Labs} term meaning destroy, especially of a
          data structure.  Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software
          gets roached.
       
          [Why?]
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1999-02-08)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Roach, MO
    Zip code(s): 65787