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noun
The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The animal or animals so killed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: road pizza
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A helpless victim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body, dead body
History
From road + kill.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
