roadkill — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • non numerabile
   • 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.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • non numerabile
   • usually

3. The animal or animals so killed.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   road pizza

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • broadly
   • non numerabile
   • usually

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   bodydead body

   Esempi

   vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill