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Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line or roadkill.
Blanche Lincoln

Meaning of "roadkill" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROADKILL

roadkill  [ˈrəʊdˌkɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROADKILL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roadkill is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROADKILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of roadkill in the English dictionary

The definition of roadkill in the dictionary is the remains of an animal or animals killed on the road by motor vehicles.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROADKILL


alkyl
ˈælkɪl
buzzkill
ˈbʌzˌkɪl
deskill
diːˈskɪl
fishkill
ˈfɪʃˌkɪl
Gaitskell
ˈɡeɪtskɪl
kill
kɪl
lambkill
ˈlæmˌkɪl
multiskill
ˈmʌltɪˌskɪl
orchil
ˈɔːkɪl
outkill
ˌaʊtˈkɪl
overkill
ˈəʊvəˌkɪl
reskill
riːˈskɪl
shoot-to-kill
ˌʃuːttəˈkɪl
skill
skɪl
subskill
ˈsʌbˌskɪl
underkill
ˈʌndəˌkɪl
upskill
ˈʌpˌskɪl
winterkill
ˈwɪntəˌkɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROADKILL

roadbed
roadblock
roadcraft
roadeo
roadheader
roadhog
roadholding
roadhouse
roadie
roading
roadless
roadmaking
roadman
roadmen
roadmender
roadroller
roadrunner
roadside
roadside repairs
roadstead

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROADKILL

back and fill
bill
dressed to kill
fill
fit the bill
free-will
grill
hill
ill
in at the kill
mill
over the hill
run of the mill
run-of-the-mill
still
till
top kill
what you will
will
with a will

Synonyms and antonyms of roadkill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roadkill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROADKILL

Find out the translation of roadkill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roadkill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roadkill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

团队:Roadkill
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roadkill
570 millions of speakers

English

roadkill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

roadkill
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيسقط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Roadkill
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atropelamentos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

roadkill
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Roadkill
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

roadkill
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロードキル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로드 킬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roadkill
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Roadkill
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roadkill
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोडकिल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

roadkill
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

roadkill
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Roadkill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Roadkill
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Roadkill
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

roadkill
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roadkill
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

roadkill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roadkill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roadkill

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROADKILL»

The term «roadkill» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROADKILL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «roadkill» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «roadkill» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roadkill

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QUOTES WITH «ROADKILL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word roadkill.
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Blanche Lincoln
Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line or roadkill.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROADKILL»

Discover the use of roadkill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roadkill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Florida Roadkill: A Novel
Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!
Tim Dorsey, 2009
2
Roadkill: A Cal Leandros Novel
New from the national bestselling author of Deathwish It's time to lock, load, and hit the road.
Rob Thurman, 2010
3
Roadkill
Roadkill exposes the brutal and hidden truth behind the newspaper headlines as audiences share in the intimate, harrowing details of a young woman trapped in a living nightmare. ‘It’s uncomfortable, vivid, nauseating and induces fist ...
Stef Smith, Cora Bissett, 2012
4
Roadkill
This essential 'in-car' book for any traveller in Australia, provides an overview of the types of roadkill, hint on what to do with them, advice on how to clean bugs off the car, and an eclectic mix of other information - from road safety ...
Len Zell, 2006
5
Roadkill
Chris had other plans. RoadKill is a surreal journey through one man´s personal Inferno. With an interesting weave of word and metaphor Chris Chrisite takes his readers on a Nabakovian ride through death and insanity.
Chris Christie, 2009
6
Quick-Fix Cooking with Roadkill
Move over Rachael Ray. Smash car driver and redneck culinary authority Buck Buck Peterson follows up The Original Road Kill Cookbook with more than 50 new roadkill recipes inside Quick-Fix Cooking with Roadkill.
Peterson, Buck, 2010
7
Roadkill
A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down thriller, Rasor has artfully woven together human traits of arrogance, guilt, racism and close friendships.
John Rasor, 2009
8
PC roadkill
An insider's guide to the computer industry provides revealing profiles of the medium's top gurus, exposes the marketing tactics that are used to draw customers, explains business trends, and provides humorous anecdotes.
Michael I. Hyman, 1995
9
Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery
Newly divorced Brandy Borne, who's on an antidepressant, returns home to Serenity, a little town on the Mississippi River, and to her slightly deranged mother, Vivian, who's also on meds.
Barbara Allan, 2007
10
Roadkill: Short Story
From Remember Why You Fear Me, this story is one of a set of deliciously frightening and darkly satirical tales by Robert Shearman, winner of the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Edge Hill ...
Robert Shearman, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROADKILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roadkill is used in the context of the following news items.
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This woman is making ethical fur fashion from roadkill
Pamela Paquin, the founder of Petite Mort Fur, cashes in on roadkill. How? She turns deceased animals left on the side of the road into ethical furs worth ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
2
billboard refers to killed pedestrian as roadkill
Family members of a man killed after being hit by a car are upset when a controversial billboard goes up near the accident scene. «KOCO Oklahoma City, Jun 15»
3
Mapping roadkill hot spots across a bloody state
Californians, with their famous love of the highway, tend to run over a lot of animals — raccoons, deer, desert iguana. But the danger for road-crossing critters ... «SFGate, Apr 15»
4
Ben Stiller's High School Garage Band Sets Album Release
They self-released one LP, 1982's Roadkill, that was all but forgotten until Brooklyn record label Captured Tracks announced the album's reissue this fall. «RollingStone.com, Mar 15»
5
The Accidental Hunter: For One Outdoorsman, Roadkill Is His Only …
Potter is known among his friends and family for collecting roadkill of all species: deer, pheasant, turkey, rabbit, squirrel. They call him when they spot felled ... «NPR, Mar 15»
6
VDOT uses roadkill for compost through pilot program
A pilot program that makes use of roadkill is proving to be a success. ... Bond said Monday's tend to be the busiest day for picking up roadkill because crews ... «WDBJ7, Jan 15»
7
VDOT tests composting of 'road kill'
They now have a new tool to dispose of roadkill in an environmentally friendly and cost-efficient way. VDOT is testing and using a new micro-aeration ... «Daily Press, Jan 15»
8
Stormtrooper eats roadkill to survive 9000km trek across Australia
He has gone through more than 20 pairs of shoes, eaten roadkill and slept in a swag by the side of the road. The 47-year-old father-of-three left his new wife and ... «Mashable, Nov 14»
9
Seneca Park Zoo recycles roadkill
The lions at the Seneca Park Zoo usually bound out of their indoor holding area and pounce on the chicken breasts or cow legs zookeepers prepare for their ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Aug 14»
10
Texas Pol Hopes to Gather His Road Kill -- And Eat it Too
A Texas politician has roadkill on his platform — and wants it on residents' plates. Tink Nathan is running against four others for a seat in the Texas House of ... «NBCNews.com, Feb 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Roadkill [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/roadkill>. Apr 2024 ».
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