roach clip
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- noun
- /roʊtʃ klɪp/
- NSFW
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- The ashtrays were full, and a roach clip lay on a side table.
Examples
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While cleaning up, she found an old roach clip hidden in the drawer.
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'Cause I left my roach clip at home.
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I left my roach clip at Oberlin.
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Fuck the roach clip.
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"You want a hit?" he said, holding out the reefer, which was on an expensive-looking roach clip.
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What's a roach clip?
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IT'S A ROACH CLIP.
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He reached for the roach clip to smoke the last bit of his joint.
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In the store, I noticed a display of colorful roach clips for sale.
Synonyms
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A small device that holds things together, like papers or hair
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A small bent piece of wire or plastic that holds sheets of paper together
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A small metal or plastic thing that holds hair in place
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A strong metal holder with a spring and flat ends for keeping papers together
A small metal tool like tweezers that holds the end of a joint so you do not burn your fingers
A small metal clip that holds hair in place
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'roach' (the small charred tip of a smoked joint) + 'clip' (a small device for holding) yields a device for holding a roach. If a learner knows both constituent senses (including the slang sense of 'roach'), the overall meaning is immediately derivable, so the phrase is transparent.
Etymology
Roach clip comes from the small smoked end called a roach and the little metal clip used to hold it. People used a tiny metal holder like tweezers to hold the hot roach so they could finish smoking without burning their fingers, so today roach clip means that small metal tool used for smoking.