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roadkill Definition

road·kill (rōdkil′)

noun

Slang the body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a passing vehicle

roadkill Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: Meat needs to be hung for anything from 1-4 weeks before it is edible, so I see nothing wrong with humans eating roadkill.
  • collect: One is a blood-splattered redneck who collects roadkill, dumping the bodies of dead deer into a fetid carcass swamp.

Modifies a noun

  • prevalence: Here is a graph of the correlation between badger roadkill tuberculosis prevalence and cattle tuberculosis incidence.

Noun used with modifier

  • badger: Here is a graph of the correlation between badger roadkill tuberculosis prevalence and cattle tuberculosis incidence.

Browse dictionary entries near roadkill

  1. roadie
  2. roadhouse
  3. roadblock
  4. roadbed
  5. roadability
  6. road warrior
  7. road test
  8. road show
  9. road rage
  10. road racing
  1. roadrunner
  2. roadshow
  3. roadside
  4. roadstead
  5. roadster
  6. roadway
  7. roadwork
  8. roam
  9. roaming
  10. roan