roached

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adjective

Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.

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Meanings

adjectiveroached (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparableHaving a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.
  2. broadlynot comparableOf hair: cut or styled in such a way that it stands straight up.

    Andrew Jackson, with that long head of his and that unroached forelock, looked a good deal like a neglected horse in the face.

    1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post
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    Riley Caldwell, the young printer, rushed past her out of the shop, his roached hair like an Algonquin's standing high above his narrow forehead,

    1921, George Washington Ogden, Trail's End
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of roach

Origin

From the noun roach (“curve, edge of a sail”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with roached

poached
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Anagrams

Decorahderoach
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APA

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MLA

“roached.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roached. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roached,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roached.

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