roadkill — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.

   Gebrauch

   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

2. The killing of an animal by a road vehicle. 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.

   Gebrauch

   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

3. The animal or animals so killed.

   Gebrauch

   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

   Synonyme

   road pizza

   Beispiele

   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.

4. A helpless victim.

   Gebrauch

   • broadly
   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

Substantiv

1. the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle

   Oberbegriffe

   bodydead body

   Beispiele

   vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill