roach

n., pl., roach, or roach·es.

1. A freshwater fish (Rutilus rutilus) of northern Europe.
2. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as some North American sunfishes.

[Middle English roche, from Old French roce, roche.]

roach² (rōch)
n., pl., roach·es.

1. The cockroach.
2. Slang. The butt of a marijuana cigarette.

roach³ (rōch)
n., pl., roach·es.

1. A roll of hair brushed up from the forehead or temple.
2. A hairstyle especially among certain Native American peoples in which the head is shaved except for a strip from front to back across the top.
3. Nautical. An outward curve in the leech of a fore-and-aft sail.

tr.v., roached, roach·ing, roach·es.

1. To brush (hair) in a roach.
2. To shave (the mane of a horse) to a short bristle.

[Origin unknown.]

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[Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure. Hardware gets toasted 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.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - [zool.] skalle

2.
n. - kakerlak, skod af en marihuanacigaret

3.
n. - gilling, kappe
v. tr. - bukle

Nederlands (Dutch)
kakkerlak

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Zool) gardon

2.
n. - (US) cafard, filtre de joint (argot des drogués)

3.
n. - (Naut) courbure externe d'une voile aurique
v. tr. - brosser (les cheveux) en formant un rouleau, tailler la crinière d'un cheval

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Plötze, Kakerlak

2.
n. - Küchenschabe

3.
n. - Gilling
v. - hochkämmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ) κατσαρίδα, (ιχθυολ.) τσιρόνι, ασπρόψαρο
v. - κόβω (μαλλιά) κοντά, σαν βούρτσα

Italiano (Italian)
scarafaggio, lasca, spinello, tagliare a spazzola, abbisciare una vela

Português (Portuguese)
n. - barata (f)

Русский (Russian)
таракан, косяк, делать начес

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - gobio

2.
n. - cucaracha, colilla, pucho de cigarrillo

3.
n. - estela
v. tr. - arquear, cortar la crin, peinar formando una onda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kackerlacka, (zool) mört
v. - (sjö) slå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 蟑螂

2. 欧鲤, 翻车鱼

3. 犬马等的弓背, 使成拱状

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 犬馬等的弓背
v. tr. - 使成拱狀

2.
n. - 蟑螂

3.
n. - 歐鯉, 翻車魚

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 잉어과의 민물고기

2.
n. - 바퀴벌레, 대마초 담배 꽁초, 경관

3.
n. - 가로 돛 아래쪽을 호상으로 자른 것, 빳빳이 서게 자른 말의 갈기
v. tr. - 짧게 자르다, 짧게 다듬다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ローチ, ゴキブリ, 警官

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سمك نهري, الصرصور (فعل) قص شعر الحصان, يرتب الشعر كالحصان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מין קרפיון‬
n. - ‮תיקן, בדל סיגרית-חשיש, מקק‬
n. - ‮קשת כלפי חוץ בשפה האחורית של מפרש‬
v. tr. - ‮קיצץ רעמת סוס, סירק (שיער) בקשת גבוהה לאחור‬

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