'Roach' definitions:

Definition of 'roach'

From: WordNet
noun
A roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
noun
The butt of a marijuana cigarette
noun
Street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle]
noun
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [syn: cockroach, roach]
noun
European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn: roach, Rutilus rutilus]
verb
Comb (hair) into a roach
verb
Cut the mane off (a horse)

Definition of 'Roach'

From: GCIDE
  • Roach \Roach\, n. (Zool.) A cockroach. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Roach'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. [1913 Webster]
  • As sound as a roach [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Roach'

From: GCIDE
  • Roach \Roach\, v. t.
  • 1. To cause to arch. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright. [1913 Webster]