cockroach
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- noun
- /ˈkɑkˌroʊtʃ/
- In the humid summer, cockroaches often invade homes seeking food and shelter.
- mice and cockroaches
- rats and cockroaches
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- So now it's inside the still living cockroach, and the cockroach doesn't mind much.
- Turns out there was a cockroach crawl, a big cockroach crawling around in my car.
- Probably the craziest are live insects, cockroaches being the most common.
- They're more related to cockroaches than to ants or bees or Wasps.
- Why not just squash the cockroach and and get the protein?
- And she's like, look, and she holds the cockroach right in my face, right in my face.
- I'm out of the Air Force and my job is, I'm spraying for cockroaches at a company called Ecolab.
- Good luck and watch out for the cockroaches.
- She was saying boob jobs, cockroaches, any of that.
- I mean, what gives cockroaches the right just just.
- His reaction to that was not overblown cockroach sound and movement, Wally.
Examples
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There was a cockroach in my quarters again.
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When cleaning the pantry, I found a cockroach hiding behind the cereal boxes.
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Maybe a cockroach or two.
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Like a New York cockroach.
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Turns out there was a cockroach crawl, a big cockroach crawling around in my car.
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So what makes cockroaches so hard to kill?
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And I stood there watching cockroaches climbing the walls for about two hours.
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Long strips of sticky tape around the boxes kept the cockroaches from our things.
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Probably the craziest are live insects, cockroaches being the most common.
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I saw a cockroach scurrying across the kitchen floor last night.
Synonyms
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A small insect like an ant or beetle
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A common brown insect that lives in houses and eats food
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A very large insect like a cockroach that lives in tropical parts of the Americas
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A common brown insect that often lives in houses
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A small light brown cockroach that lives in houses
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A large reddish-brown cockroach that often lives in warm, humid places and can fly short distances
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A large dark brown cockroach often found in damp, dark places like basements
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A small light brown cockroach that often lives in kitchens and bathrooms in houses
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A small light-brown cockroach that lives in homes and kitchens
A small light brown cockroach that lives in homes and is a pest
A dark brown or black cockroach that lives in houses worldwide
A dark brown cockroach from Asia now found in many parts of the world
A large dark brown cockroach from Asia now found in many places
A large brown cockroach with yellow edges on its body and wings that lives in warm places
Compounds
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A very large insect like a cockroach that lives in tropical parts of the Americas
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A large reddish-brown cockroach that often lives in warm, humid places and can fly short distances
- Informal
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A large dark brown cockroach often found in damp, dark places like basements
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A small light brown cockroach that often lives in kitchens and bathrooms in houses
- Offensive
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A rude name for shrimp, lobster, or crabs that compares them to a small common insect
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A large brown cockroach with yellow edges on its body and wings that lives in warm places
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Etymology
The word cockroach comes from the Spanish word cucaracha, which meant 'cockroach'. A helpful way to remember is to hear it as cock + roach, and that's why cockroach now means this flat insect that often comes out at night.