Roadkill
noun
A dead animal that has been hit by a vehicle on a road.
Beware of the roadkill on the highway.
Often appears as...
- roadkill removal
- roadkill cleanup
noun
A person or thing that has been ruined or destroyed.
After the company was taken over, many employees were considered roadkill.
Often appears as...
- corporate roadkill
- political roadkill
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A dish of food that looks horrible or disgusting, as if it was scraped off the road after being run over.
This pizza looks like roadkill. Did you cook it yourself?
Often appears as...
- roadkill cuisine
- roadkill dinner
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A dead animal that has been hit by a vehicle on a road.
Beware of the roadkill on the highway.
Often appears as...
- roadkill removal
- roadkill cleanup
noun
A person or thing that has been ruined or destroyed.
After the company was taken over, many employees were considered roadkill.
Often appears as...
- corporate roadkill
- political roadkill
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A dish of food that looks horrible or disgusting, as if it was scraped off the road after being run over.
This pizza looks like roadkill. Did you cook it yourself?
Often appears as...
- roadkill cuisine
- roadkill dinner
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Meaning
Roadkill refers specifically to animals, not humans or objects, that have died due to traffic.
The vultures were feeding on the roadkill.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution Indicator
Mentioning roadkill can warn drivers to be more attentive to their surroundings.
Driving through wooded areas at night increases your chance of encountering roadkill.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Subject
Some people might find the topic of roadkill upsetting or uncomfortable.
She changed the subject quickly when her brother started talking about the roadkill they saw.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Meaning
Roadkill refers specifically to animals, not humans or objects, that have died due to traffic.
The vultures were feeding on the roadkill.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution Indicator
Mentioning roadkill can warn drivers to be more attentive to their surroundings.
Driving through wooded areas at night increases your chance of encountering roadkill.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Subject
Some people might find the topic of roadkill upsetting or uncomfortable.
She changed the subject quickly when her brother started talking about the roadkill they saw.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Meaning
Roadkill refers specifically to animals, not humans or objects, that have died due to traffic.
The vultures were feeding on the roadkill.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution Indicator
Mentioning roadkill can warn drivers to be more attentive to their surroundings.
Driving through wooded areas at night increases your chance of encountering roadkill.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Subject
Some people might find the topic of roadkill upsetting or uncomfortable.
She changed the subject quickly when her brother started talking about the roadkill they saw.
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Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
who do unthinkable work. Roadkill picker-uppers whistle while they work, I swear to God -- I did it with them. They've got this amazing sort of symmetry to their life. And I see it over and over and over again. So I started to wonder what would happen if we challenged some of these sacred cows? Follow your passion --
Video examples
Praising slowness - Carl...
conventional wisdom tells you that if you slow down you're roadkill the opposite turns out to be true that by slowing down at the right moments people find that they do everything better they eat better they make love better they exercise better they work better if they
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What is a Dino Mummy? PIPE...
its tissues frozen in time will give researchers the chance to investigate the inner workings of these ancient animals opening a rare window on how they lived it it is quite fair to say that our dinosaur mummy makes many other dinosaurs look like roadkill simply
Video examples
Voodoo Market Reveals...
country thinks about wildlife you know and one of the unique aspects of togo is that voodoo is real and alive here and this fetish market is known around the world they told me the first time all our animals are roadkill they've died of
Video examples
Turning Roadkill Into...
roadkill up as you see it but when you see it it doesn't necessarily always a convenient time to use it in a still life or come up with a creative idea for it so for that reason I have a freezer where I keep my specimens until they're
Video examples
The coolest animal you...
where natural habitat and wildlife populations are rapidly being eradicated by several different threats, including once again cattle ranching, large sugarcane and soybean plantations, poaching, roadkill, just to name a few.
Video examples
A Handy Zombie...
impossible for it to support itself on two legs this ragged hunk of roadkill is a crawler if I were you I'd hold it till the next rest stop though its body may be inactive zombie fungus is still
Video examples
Saving the lowland Tapir...
threatened with extinction and the main threats they face are devastation hunting mostly for their meat and their skin and roadkill which is a huge problem in some parts of Brazil
Video examples
Kees Moeliker: How a...
These are cane toads in Australia. This is roadkill. Please note that this is necrophilia. It's the position. The missionary position is very rare in the animal kingdom.
Video examples
Running for Road Kill PIPE...
all I want to do is eat he's headed for the road the best place I know to have a guaranteed kill or maybe an entire meal is roadkill the highways out here are
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
who do unthinkable work. Roadkill picker-uppers whistle while they work, I swear to God -- I did it with them. They've got this amazing sort of symmetry to their life. And I see it over and over and over again. So I started to wonder what would happen if we challenged some of these sacred cows? Follow your passion --
Video examples
Praising slowness - Carl...
conventional wisdom tells you that if you slow down you're roadkill the opposite turns out to be true that by slowing down at the right moments people find that they do everything better they eat better they make love better they exercise better they work better if they
Video examples
What is a Dino Mummy? PIPE...
its tissues frozen in time will give researchers the chance to investigate the inner workings of these ancient animals opening a rare window on how they lived it it is quite fair to say that our dinosaur mummy makes many other dinosaurs look like roadkill simply
Video examples
Voodoo Market Reveals...
country thinks about wildlife you know and one of the unique aspects of togo is that voodoo is real and alive here and this fetish market is known around the world they told me the first time all our animals are roadkill they've died of
Video examples
Turning Roadkill Into...
roadkill up as you see it but when you see it it doesn't necessarily always a convenient time to use it in a still life or come up with a creative idea for it so for that reason I have a freezer where I keep my specimens until they're
Video examples
The coolest animal you...
where natural habitat and wildlife populations are rapidly being eradicated by several different threats, including once again cattle ranching, large sugarcane and soybean plantations, poaching, roadkill, just to name a few.
Video examples
A Handy Zombie...
impossible for it to support itself on two legs this ragged hunk of roadkill is a crawler if I were you I'd hold it till the next rest stop though its body may be inactive zombie fungus is still
Video examples
Saving the lowland Tapir...
threatened with extinction and the main threats they face are devastation hunting mostly for their meat and their skin and roadkill which is a huge problem in some parts of Brazil
Video examples
Kees Moeliker: How a...
These are cane toads in Australia. This is roadkill. Please note that this is necrophilia. It's the position. The missionary position is very rare in the animal kingdom.
Video examples
Running for Road Kill PIPE...
all I want to do is eat he's headed for the road the best place I know to have a guaranteed kill or maybe an entire meal is roadkill the highways out here are
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kesha
American Musician
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.
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Blanche Lincoln
American Politician
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.
Quote examples
Padgett Powell
American Novelist
I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
Quote examples
Kesha
American Musician
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.
Quote examples
Blanche Lincoln
American Politician
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.
Quote examples
Padgett Powell
American Novelist
I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
Example 1 of 4
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