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roadkill

UK/ˈɹəʊdˌkɪl//ˈɹoʊdˌkɪl/

roadkill noun: the killing of an animal by a road vehicle.

Noun

roadkill (usually uncountable, plural roadkills)

  1. (US, usually) The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.
    1. (US, usually) A successful kill in a deathmatch game by hitting an opponent with a road vehicle. A point or score (when considered collectively) gained by successfully killing opponents by a road vehiclein a deathmatch game.
  2. (US, usually) The animal or animals so killed.
    • The van was heading straight for her and travelling faster and faster by the second. Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    road pizza
  3. (broadly, usually) A helpless victim.

Synonyms of roadkill

Forms of roadkill

pluralroadkills
alternative formroad kill

Origin of roadkill

From road + kill.

Words formed from roadkill

Questions about roadkill

What does roadkill mean?
Roadkill means the killing of an animal by a road vehicle.
What part of speech is roadkill?
Roadkill is a noun.
How do you pronounce roadkill?
Roadkill is pronounced /ˈɹəʊdˌkɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of roadkill?
The plural of roadkill is roadkills.

Words near roadkill in the dictionary

  1. Roadian
  2. roadie
  3. roadies
  4. roading
  5. roadish
  6. roadkill
  7. roadkilled
  8. roadkills
  9. roadless
  10. roadlessness
  11. roadlet

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