a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
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roach
How to use roach in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for roach.
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It was a data roach-motel - your documents check in, but they never check out!!
Examples16
Definitions7
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of roach gathered in one view.
the butt of a marijuana cigarette
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for roach.
noun
a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
noun
the butt of a marijuana cigarette
noun
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noun
any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
See also: cockroach
noun
European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
verb
comb (hair) into a roach
verb
cut the mane off (a horse)
Example sentences
It was a data roach-motel - your documents check in, but they never check out!!
Others will probably have to pave the way before the roach can gain any appeal.
Every empty space inside the printers was chock full of roach bodies.
* Every empty space inside the printers was chock full of roach bodies.
I don't know how common my sentiment is, but I'd be far more inclined to eat crickets than cockroaches.
The circuit boards were caked with roach shit and all the feed mechanisms had ingested and ground up the roaches that got in their way.
I'm not sure if we know if roaches have a degree of consciousness, or if they operate 100% on instinct.
To that effect, I could see the rebranding of the roach beginning at the high end of the market, rather than the bottom.
There's a very continuous spectrum from eight room highway roach motels to $8,000+/night vegas penthouse suites.
The humble cockroach probably suffers from the worst stigmatization of all the insects, though.
Apropos of nothing, we eat a lot of "shellfish," which is a polite euphemism for the critters that are basically the cockroaches of the sea: shrimp, crabs, and lobster.
Genetically speaking, these guys aren't too far removed from land-dwelling arthropods, roaches included.
Have you heard of someone being arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia?Drug paraphernalia could be coffee filters, aluminum foil, a pipe, roach clips.
Landlords routinely take advantage of ill-informed tentants charging very high rates for roach-infested apartments without running hot water.
Bud knew a guy like that who's somehow gotten infected with a meme that ran advertisements for roach motels, in Hindi, superimposed on the bottom right-hand corner of his visual field, twenty-four hours a day, until the guy whacked himself.
We stuck together when one of my parakeets died\n You broke down and cried, for the love of animals\n I used to always cut the legs off a roach\n See if he'll stay there on a piece of tissue\n And give him a piece of toast\n That morning, he would wake up and be gone\n What, the insect had a ambulance?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use roach in a sentence?
It was a data roach-motel - your documents check in, but they never check out!!
What does roach mean?
a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
What part of speech is roach?
roach is commonly used as noun, verb.