road kill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of road kill
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Harvesting road kill and dumping it in Central Park as a prank, he said, might have been “a little bit of the redneck in me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
"I feel a keen sense not to become the next road kill," said Raghavan, a senior vice president at Google who reports to chief executive Sundar Pichai.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023
"We use deer and we use road kill as well," Mr Johnson said about the lions' food.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023
They play a critical role in a society where road kill is so common.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
So far this year, our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs. Strawberry’s farm.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
