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road-kill, n. N. Amer. colloq.|ˈrəʊdkɪl|
Also road kill, roadkill.
[f. road n. + kill n.1]
a. The killing of an animal by a vehicle on a road; also, an animal killed in this way.
1979Washington Post 28 Dec. (Weekend section) 40/1 Road kills represent no danger to the deer population, which is larger than it ever has been before. Ibid. I've raised three kids and fed two wives on road-kills. 1987C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1988) iii. 34 ‘Road kill,’ Skink said, by way of explanation. ‘You hungry, Miami?’ 1990Sci. Amer. Aug. 9/2 An exploding deer population pushed roadkills in the Oak Ridge area to an all-time high five years ago. 1993Virginian Pilot & Ledger Star (Norfolk, Va.) 6 July d1/1 Tom Squier is out there on the highway every day, staring through the windshield of his Dodge Dakota pickup, looking for road kills. Perhaps a nice snake or frog. Or, if he's lucky, maybe a possum, squirrel or bird.
b. transf. and fig. A person or thing that is useless or moribund; ‘dead meat’.
1992Time 15 June 71/1 His kitchen-knife physique, sour face and a hairdo resembling a road-kill toupée. 1992Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Aug. d1/6 Expected to be little more than road kill for opponents,..fifth place Houston had managed a 9-14 record on the 28-day trip. 1993Esquire Dec. 72/2 We all know any number of men who can cook a virtuoso..dish or two, but outside of this they are strictly roadkills in the kitchen. 1994Denver Post 2 Jan. h5/4 To avoid becoming roadkill on the digital highway, get a faster modem.
Hence ˈroad-killed ppl. a.
1979Washington Post 28 Dec. (Weekend section) 40/4 He said he'll never pass up another road-killed deer: ‘It's manna from heaven.’ 1990D. Kline Great Possessions (1993) i. 9 Sometimes when feeding on a road-killed rabbit, they will not take flight when passed by a buggy. 1992Scope Sept./Oct. 3/1 Wildlife Division biologists were surprised by a report of a road-killed marten near New Hartford. |