cockroach

About 0.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.
2. noun Term of abuse.

   I want a divorce, you cockroach!

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

   During the Rwandan genocide, Hutu genocidaires labelled Tutsis as cockroaches and called for their extermination.

4. noun A person from New South Wales.
5. noun A hard lump of brown sugar.

Similar words

roach beetle bug insect vermin pest manure blue dung scumbag

Often followed by

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Word family

cockroaches