roach

[US]/rəʊtʃ/
[UK]/rotʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.cockroach;roach

Phrases & Collocations

infestation of roaches

roach repellent

roach eggs

roach nest

roach bait

roach control

roach infested kitchen

Example Sentences

Tom is never sick; he is as sound as a roach.

good nets of roach, chub, and perch.

Later insults included fitchcock, muckworm, whiffler, ramscallion, squinny and snool, not to mention such 20th-century additions as tripe-hound, shite-poke, roach and lug.

The Curronian Bay including the lower Nemunas, is the richest freshwater source of fish in Lithuania, where fish production (pikeperch, smelt, roach) is 1,300 tonnes a year.

There was a roach crawling on the kitchen floor.

I saw a roach in the bathroom and screamed.

The roach infestation in the apartment needed to be addressed immediately.

She sprayed insecticide to get rid of the roaches.

The roach scurried across the room when the lights came on.

I accidentally stepped on a roach in the dark.

The roach population multiplied rapidly in the damp environment.

He used a roach trap to catch the pests in the kitchen.

The roach infestation was so severe that they had to call an exterminator.

The roach skittered away when I tried to approach it.

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