roadkill
nounUK /ˈɹəʊdˌkɪl/ · CA, US /ˈɹoʊdˌkɪl/
Etymology From road + kill.
1
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles US, Usually The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.
2
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles 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:
3
Broadly, Usually A helpless victim.
- Derived terms
- roadkilled