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roach |
7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roach \Roach\, v. t. 1. To cause to arch. 2. To cut off as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roach \Roach\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A cockroach. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit {As sound as a roach} [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: roach n 1: the butt of a marijuana cigarette 2: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [syn: {cockroach}] 3: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn: {Rutilus rutilus}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Roach, MO Zip code(s): 65787 From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: roach vt [Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure. Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: roachA {Bell Labs} term meaning destroy, especially of a data structure. Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached. [Why?] [{Jargon File}] (1999-02-08)
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