roadkill

road kill

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /rˈoʊdkɪl/
- /rˈəʊdkɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /rˈoʊdkɪl/

Definitions of roadkill word

noun roadkill Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle. 1
noun roadkill animal killed by traffic 1
uncountable noun roadkill Roadkill is the remains of an animal or animals that have been killed on the road by cars or other vehicles. 0
noun roadkill the remains of an animal or animals killed on the road by motor vehicles 0
noun roadkill the body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a passing vehicle 0

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Origin of roadkill

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1970-75

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Parts of speech for Roadkill

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Roadkill

roadkill popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

roadkill usage trend in Literature

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