ROACH
What does "ROACH" mean?
A cockroach; a flat-bodied, fast-running insect common as a household pest.
Meanings
- A cockroach, especially as a domestic pest. She switched on the light and a roach skittered under the fridge. informal
- A freshwater fish of the carp family found across Europe. Anglers on the canal landed several plump roach.
- The butt end of a cannabis cigarette. He stubbed out the roach in the ashtray. informal
Did you know?
- The insect 'roach' is a shortening of 'cockroach', which English speakers built by mis-hearing the Spanish 'cucaracha' as 'cock' plus 'roach' - neither part has anything to do with roosters or fish.
Word origin
The fish sense is from Old French 'roche'; the insect sense is a clipping of 'cockroach', from Spanish 'cucaracha'.
A little poem
Kitchen light snaps on-
a brown comma flees the wall,
older than the house.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the angler and the exterminator argue? They each insisted they'd caught the only real roach.
What it teaches
Survival rarely rewards the strong or the loved - it rewards whatever can hide, wait, and adapt.
Quick facts
What does ROACH mean?
A cockroach; a flat-bodied, fast-running insect common as a household pest.
Is ROACH a valid word?
Yes — ROACH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ROACH?
ROACH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does ROACH come from?
The fish sense is from Old French 'roche'; the insect sense is a clipping of 'cockroach', from Spanish 'cucaracha'.
What can ROACH teach us?
Survival rarely rewards the strong or the loved - it rewards whatever can hide, wait, and adapt.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.