Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ROACH

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Definitions of ROACH

1. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
2. (US) A cockroach.
3. (US, slang, smoking) The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
4. (US, slang, smoking) An entire marijuana cigarette, blunt, or joint.
5. (UK, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
6. (nautical) Sail material that forms a concave curve rather than straight leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area over that of a simple triangular sail.
7. A haircut or a similar-looking kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America, often red.
8. (transitive) To cut or shave off the mane of a horse so that the remaining hair stands up on the neck.
9. (transitive, by extension) To cut a person's hair so that it stands straight up.
10. (UK, obsolete, mining) A bed or stratum of some mineral.
11. (UK, regional) Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.
12. A surname.
13. A placename

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Examples of Using ROACH in a Sentence

• A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy.
• The movie was produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation.
• In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as Babe Hardy.
• The container is lifted at the start of the race and whichever roach reaches the perimeter of the board first is declared the winner of each heat.
• Much of the land belonged to the Roach and Blanton families; the major part of the area selected was within property owned by Mrs.
• Two Hal Roach short silent comedies were filmed here: Black Cyclone in 1925 and Flying Elephants with Laurel and Hardy in 1927.
• In 1871, the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works was opened by John Roach through the purchase of the Reaney, Son & Archbold shipyard.
• Some of the families that settled later were the Anderson, Irby, Roach, Cox, Hull, Leach, Haynes, Wynn, Mayfield, and Swindle families.
• His director in those films, David Butler, recommended Cooper to director Leo McCarey, who arranged an audition for the Our Gang comedy series produced by Hal Roach.
• At the age of 17, Hal Roach Studios employed him as an assistant cameraman filming Rex the Wonder Horse in Utah.
• Black Flag also makes a series of pesticide-free insect traps, under the "Motel" brand, including its Roach Motel, Fly Motel, and Yellow Jacket Motel.
• Max Roach was born to Alphonse and Cressie Roach in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, which borders the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp.
• Old Friends from Young Years is the debut studio album by American rock band Papa Roach, self-produced and released on February 4, 1997.
• In 2000, after forging a friendship with the band Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm signed with Dreamworks SKG for their second studio album, Anthology.
• Hal Roach launched a brief series of slapstick comedies with "The Taxi Boys" (Clyde Cook, Billy Gilbert, Billy Bevan, and other expressive comedians), and these films required outlandish visual gags and a fleet of crazy cars.
• As of 2019 Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains pyrethroids, imiprothrin, and cypermethrin; other products contain tetramethrin and prallethrin as active ingredients.
• Whitney initially refused to accept Dolphin, claiming her design was defective, the Roach yard went bankrupt and Boston was completed at the New York Navy Yard, which had little experience with steel-hulled ships.
• It includes but is not limited to items such as bongs, roach clips, miniature spoons, and various types of pipes.
• It starred Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank, Pat Roach and Gary Holton, with Noel Clarke replacing Holton for series three and four and the two-part finale.
• Just before the formation of the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, journalist Nat Hentoff and Brown interviewed for a DownBeat article titled "Clifford Brown – the New Dizzy".

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