Roachy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Roachy is an adjective meaning (US) Resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.
Meaning
(US) Resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.
More Meanings
- (US) Infested with cockroaches.
Example Sentences
They fought like wolves for the sticky smears on discarded candy wrappers and did strange, roachy things in the folds of our blankets.
Another letter tells of visiting Mary Earle on Long Island. It sounds fine, but you are right that romantic things really happened in roachy kitchens and back yards.
(a).—Active, wary, light-brown insects with a “roachy” odour, found in pantries and bakeries; several species but the most common is the Croton-Bug or German Cockroach. (Ectobia Germanica)
“Shelter is shelter, such a night as this, if it is the waste and desert gloom of Malone’s establishment with its mackerel-scented halls and roachy corners,” she continued, plunging into the shadows of the long, dim hall, and feeling in the dark for her door-knob; […]
Synonyms for roachy
Depending on context, synonyms include cockroachy.
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