roach

[A]

a kind of insect; the short form for “cockroach”

[B]

a kind of food fish – silver-white in colour with a greenish back, found in fresh waters of Europe

[C]

a kind of fresh-water food fish of America, also known as ‘redfin’, because of the red fins on its sides; related to the sunfish

Figures of Speech: [B & C]

1.

roach (noun)  =

(a)  the butt of a marijuana cigarette (‘butt’, in this context, = the end part; ‘marijuana’ = an illicit drug)

(b)  a strand of hair brushed from the forehead to temple (‘temple’, in this context, = the small shallow depression on either side of the head near the eyes)

(c)  a type of hairstyle in native American in which the head is shaved with a thin stripe of  hair left out in the middle from front to back of the head

(d)  an outward curve in a sail of a ship

2.

to roach (verb)  =

(a)  to brush one’s hair in a roach

(b)  to trim the mane of a horse (‘mane’ = the thick long hair on the back of a horse’s neck)

3.

(a)  roach-backed

(b)  roach-bellied

[said of someone or something that is humped or pouched]

4.

as sound as a roach (‘sound’, in this context, = good condition)

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