Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: roach
IPA transcription: [ɹ'oʊtʃ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: roach, Rutilus_rutilus
    Meaning: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
  • Synonyms: cockroach, roach
    Meaning: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
  • Synonyms: R-2, Mexican_valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget_me_drug, circle
    Meaning: street names for flunitrazepan
  • Synonyms: roach
    Meaning: the butt of a marijuana cigarette
  • Synonyms: roach
    Meaning: a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: roach
    Meaning: cut the mane off (a horse)
  • Synonyms: roach
    Meaning: comb (hair) into a roach
Usage examples
  • Besides she had got it into her head that Leonora, who was as sound as a roach, was consumptive.
  • It was so natural for Grim to be once more splashing freely in the lake; it was so natural for her to be feeding on roach again.
  • JAMES ANDY WILKINS, and wife LUCINDA, with their little boy, CHARLES, CHARLES HENRY GROSS, A WOMAN with her TWO CHILDREN--one in her arms--JOHN BROWN, JOHN ROACH, and wife LAMBY, and HENRY SMALLWOOD.