roadkill
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- noun
- /ˈroʊdˌkɪl/
- While driving through the countryside, I saw a rabbit that had been hit by a car, which was clearly roadkill.
- eating roadkill
- fresh roadkill
- roadkill deer
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then large plastic bags driving around, picking up roadkill.
- And then large plastic bags driving around, picking up roadkill.
- Why don't you experiment with like find some roadkill?
- Depression glass, the carrion crows settling satisfied on roadkill.
- But look, I, I think if you're coming on here to say, hey, roadkill is bad, people will say, yes, I agree.
- It's almost like eating roadkill, which is not a pretty picture but at this point I'm comfortable with that.
Examples
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Sadly, it appears that my American Dream has been left as roadkill at the hands of misguided individuals.
Blog text (2) -
Even a couple of huge, roadkill-fattened crows had landed in the beer tree to see what was going on.
Fiction book (2001) -
I may not be a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is.
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It's almost like eating roadkill, which is not a pretty picture but at this point I'm comfortable with that.
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I think I'll find some roadkill and whip it up for lunch.
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You guys have all experienced roadkill deer, you know, get hit by a semi.
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First of all, in West Virginia, Pocahontas County every September they have a roadkill cook off.
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I found some roadkill!
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A bird, it looks like a crow to him, is suspended in midair above a lumpish roadkill on a desert highway.
Fiction book (1992) -
The cab barrels at Burnett, who's stuck in the middle of the boulevard, about to become instant roadkill.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A dead animal body or the remains of something destroyed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word roadkill joins road and kill to mean 'an animal killed on the road'. It came into use with the age of cars, so today it refers to the dead body of an animal hit by a vehicle.