Found 2 items, similar to roach.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: roach 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Roach Roach \Roach\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A cockroach. [1913 Webster] 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. (Zo["o]l.) (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] 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]