cockroach — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

big, crazy, dead, fierce, live, lost, so-called, tiniest

VERB + COCKROACH

brought, catches, eat, found, like, look, run, saw

COCKROACH + NOUN

bathroom, fridge, human, i've, it'll, table

PREP.

after, besides, in, into, on

ADV.

ever, ever, really, then

Definitions

noun

1

Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.

Then there were cockroach hunts; we chased them out of their haunts, where at night they busily devoured currants, jam, and sugar; in fact their diet was far more varied than ours, for they made plentiful meals off our boots, the coverings of our books, and any stray pieces of flannel that came in their way.

2

A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.

3

A person from New South Wales.

4

A hard lump of brown sugar.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects

roach

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Then there were cockroach hunts; we chased them out of their haunts, where at night they busily devoured currants, jam, and sugar; in fact their diet was far more varied than ours, for they made plent

Wiktionary

02

She looks satisfied when she catches a cockroach.

Tatoeba · #62169

03

It's exciting to watch her run after a cockroach.

Tatoeba · #308013

04

Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!

Tatoeba · #328295

05

I wonder what the normal life span of a cockroach is and if they ever die of old age.

Tatoeba · #597649

06

I bet my friend $100 that he wouldn't eat a live cockroach. I lost!

Tatoeba · #643294

Usage Notes

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In some senses, cockroach is marked as offensive, slang, derogatory, obsolete, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.