Roach
noun
A type of small fish that lives in ponds and rivers.
The fisherman caught a roach in the river.
Often appears as...
- catch a roach
- spotted roach
noun
The end part of a marijuana cigarette that cannot be smoked because it is too small.
He left the roach in the ashtray.
Often appears as...
- smoke a roach
- find a roach
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A kind of black or brown insect that is a household pest.
There's a roach infestation in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- roach infestation
- kill a roach
noun
An arch in the mane of a horse.
The horse is looking gorgeous after the roach.
Often appears as...
- roach a horse
- horse roach
verb
To cut the mane of a horse to an upright position.
She's going to roach the horse's mane for the show.
Often appears as...
- roach a mane
- mane roaching
noun
A type of small fish that lives in ponds and rivers.
The fisherman caught a roach in the river.
Often appears as...
- catch a roach
- spotted roach
noun
The end part of a marijuana cigarette that cannot be smoked because it is too small.
He left the roach in the ashtray.
Often appears as...
- smoke a roach
- find a roach
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A kind of black or brown insect that is a household pest.
There's a roach infestation in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- roach infestation
- kill a roach
noun
An arch in the mane of a horse.
The horse is looking gorgeous after the roach.
Often appears as...
- roach a horse
- horse roach
verb
To cut the mane of a horse to an upright position.
She's going to roach the horse's mane for the show.
Often appears as...
- roach a mane
- mane roaching
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Fishing Topic
Used when discussing freshwater fishing and aquatic life.
Anglers appreciate the beauty of roaches gliding in the stream.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Seafood
Though a fish, 'roach' isn't typically seen on menus like trout or salmon.
Despite catching several roaches, they looked for other fish to cook.
Pro Tip 1/2Fishing Topic
Used when discussing freshwater fishing and aquatic life.
Anglers appreciate the beauty of roaches gliding in the stream.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Seafood
Though a fish, 'roach' isn't typically seen on menus like trout or salmon.
Despite catching several roaches, they looked for other fish to cook.
Pro Tip 1/2Fishing Topic
Used when discussing freshwater fishing and aquatic life.
Anglers appreciate the beauty of roaches gliding in the stream.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Seafood
Though a fish, 'roach' isn't typically seen on menus like trout or salmon.
Despite catching several roaches, they looked for other fish to cook.
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Why the insect brain is...
exactly how neurons work together in the brain. This is also valuable for engineers, who study the insect brain to help design control systems for everything from self-flying airplanes to tiny search-and-rescue roach bots. So, size and complexity are not always the most impressive things. The next time you try to swat a fly,
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Making neuroscience...
look at the frequencies at which you stimulate and so we we fixed at the same thing that we use for like deep brain stimulation 55 Hertz but some students at a high school figured out that if you they played their iPods into there they can get the roach not to adapt as quickly and so that got us thinking like
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Cockroach Infestation PIPE...
cockroaches are ready to make more cockroaches two months after birth males fondle the antennae of other roaches to determine if they're female or not when he finds a female the male secretes some sticky roach candy on its back raises its wings and offers it to its potential mate
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What makes us get sick?...
roaches, water leaks, mold. I received that chart in hand, reviewed it, and I turned the handle on the door and I entered the room. You should understand that Veronica, like a lot of patients that I have the privilege of caring for, is a dignified person, a formidable presence,
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Why are cockroaches so...
They would die near the sites of nuclear explosions and would still be severely compromised miles away. Moreover, disasters that threaten humanity also jeopardize the habitats and buffets we provide roaches. Perhaps the only way to beat them is through our mutual destruction.
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
found that the venom is a very specific chemical weapon. It doesn't kill the roach, nor does it sedate it. The roach could walk away or fly or run if it chose to, but it doesn't choose to, because the venom nixes its motivation to walk, and only that.
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Creepy Cockroach...
cockroaches two months after birth males fondle the ant any of other roaches to determine if they're female or not when he finds a female the male secretes some sticky roach candy on its back raises its wings and offers it to
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The Best Dogs of BBC...
chase let spice up chase fine punt go get one ray pop up play do it go do it yeah interpret yeah good girl chase fine roach good girl never looks at the toys on the mat so to pick the
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Inside Python Infested...
it was knee-deep to waste the liquefied bat guano on top of it you've got maggots flies scorpions roaches bats Caves are dangerous places
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Frog-Licking and Other...
and a lot of people don't think too well of roaches but you know they're a life-form
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Why the insect brain is...
exactly how neurons work together in the brain. This is also valuable for engineers, who study the insect brain to help design control systems for everything from self-flying airplanes to tiny search-and-rescue roach bots. So, size and complexity are not always the most impressive things. The next time you try to swat a fly,
Video examples
Making neuroscience...
look at the frequencies at which you stimulate and so we we fixed at the same thing that we use for like deep brain stimulation 55 Hertz but some students at a high school figured out that if you they played their iPods into there they can get the roach not to adapt as quickly and so that got us thinking like
Video examples
Cockroach Infestation PIPE...
cockroaches are ready to make more cockroaches two months after birth males fondle the antennae of other roaches to determine if they're female or not when he finds a female the male secretes some sticky roach candy on its back raises its wings and offers it to its potential mate
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What makes us get sick?...
roaches, water leaks, mold. I received that chart in hand, reviewed it, and I turned the handle on the door and I entered the room. You should understand that Veronica, like a lot of patients that I have the privilege of caring for, is a dignified person, a formidable presence,
Video examples
Why are cockroaches so...
They would die near the sites of nuclear explosions and would still be severely compromised miles away. Moreover, disasters that threaten humanity also jeopardize the habitats and buffets we provide roaches. Perhaps the only way to beat them is through our mutual destruction.
Video examples
Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
found that the venom is a very specific chemical weapon. It doesn't kill the roach, nor does it sedate it. The roach could walk away or fly or run if it chose to, but it doesn't choose to, because the venom nixes its motivation to walk, and only that.
Video examples
Creepy Cockroach...
cockroaches two months after birth males fondle the ant any of other roaches to determine if they're female or not when he finds a female the male secretes some sticky roach candy on its back raises its wings and offers it to
Video examples
The Best Dogs of BBC...
chase let spice up chase fine punt go get one ray pop up play do it go do it yeah interpret yeah good girl chase fine roach good girl never looks at the toys on the mat so to pick the
Video examples
Inside Python Infested...
it was knee-deep to waste the liquefied bat guano on top of it you've got maggots flies scorpions roaches bats Caves are dangerous places
Video examples
Frog-Licking and Other...
and a lot of people don't think too well of roaches but you know they're a life-form
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it.
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Clinton Sparks
American Musician
A lot of times when people become successful, people don't really understand what they had to do or the sacrifices they made to do that, or they assume that they had money. This is coming from, like, a kid who was broke and lived with roaches and a single mom in Dorchester.
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Ari Lennox
American Musician
I never had an apartment before, so just finally having my own place. And it was magical. It was gorgeous - beautiful tub. I never could use the tub because I was afraid of the roaches.
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Chuck Schumer
American Politician
My father, Abe, was a small businessman. For 32 years, he ran an exterminating company. That may explain why our family always associated the smell of roach spray with love.
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Arthur Levitt
American Public Servant
Once again, stock markets have been threatened with extinction for almost 75 years, and I have found that stock markets are harder to kill than roaches.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.
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Jay London
American Comedian
I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it.
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Michael O'Donoghue
American Writer
Television doesn't want to admit it has those dreadful roach ads on anyway.
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Carl Olson
American Athlete
If you must get rid of a roach, use mechanical control.
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John Leguizamo
Colombian Comedian
Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.
Quote examples
Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it.
Quote examples
Clinton Sparks
American Musician
A lot of times when people become successful, people don't really understand what they had to do or the sacrifices they made to do that, or they assume that they had money. This is coming from, like, a kid who was broke and lived with roaches and a single mom in Dorchester.
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Ari Lennox
American Musician
I never had an apartment before, so just finally having my own place. And it was magical. It was gorgeous - beautiful tub. I never could use the tub because I was afraid of the roaches.
Quote examples
Chuck Schumer
American Politician
My father, Abe, was a small businessman. For 32 years, he ran an exterminating company. That may explain why our family always associated the smell of roach spray with love.
Quote examples
Arthur Levitt
American Public Servant
Once again, stock markets have been threatened with extinction for almost 75 years, and I have found that stock markets are harder to kill than roaches.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.
Quote examples
Jay London
American Comedian
I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it.
Quote examples
Michael O'Donoghue
American Writer
Television doesn't want to admit it has those dreadful roach ads on anyway.
Quote examples
Carl Olson
American Athlete
If you must get rid of a roach, use mechanical control.
Quote examples
John Leguizamo
Colombian Comedian
Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.
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