cockroach
Meaning of cockroach
noun
a scavenging insect that resembles a beetle, having long antennae and legs and typically a broad, flattened body. Several tropical kinds have become established worldwide as household pests.
early 17th century (as cacaroch ): from Spanish cucaracha . The spelling change was due to association with cock1 and roach2.
Information about cockroach
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of cockroach
cock-roach
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- cockroach is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cockroach synonyms
Meaning roach:
Translation of cockroach
- Italian: blatta, scarafaggio
- Portuguese: barata
- Spanish: cucaracha
- French: cafard, coquerelle, blatte, cancrelat
Words that rhyme with cockroach
aircoach, coach, cocoach, daycoach, discoach, encoach, mailcoach, motorcoach, outcoach, overcoach, recoach, skycoach, slipcoach, slowcoach, stagecoach, tidecoach, uncoach, loach, Noach, poach, spoach, Roach, abroach, accroach, approach, broach, caroach, counterapproach, encroach, proach, reapproach, rebroach, reproach, roach, turnbroach, windbroach, stoach
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