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Roach \Roach\, n. (Zool.) A cockroach. [1913 Webster] The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide] |
roach vt. [Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure. Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached. Probably derived from '70s and '80s drug slang; marijuana smokers used ?roach? to refer to the unsmokable remnant of a joint, and to ?roach? a joint was therefore to destroy it. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon] |
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