road rash
nounDefinition of road rash
: mild to severe skin abrasion resulting from a fall (as from a bicycle or motorcycle) which usually involves sliding on a hard rough surface
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Most often, riders who fall crawl off the ground, spray antibiotic cream on road rashes and hop back on their bikes. — Michael Powell, New York Times, "At Tour de France, Rules of the Road Are Often Unspoken," 25 July 2019 His board seemed nothing more than an expression of wealth trying to claim the counterculture of skateboarding, but exempting him from the difficult parts—the coordination, the road rash, the sweat. — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, "What Happened When I Rode a Boosted Board From New York to Philadelphia," 27 Dec. 2018 Ortiz-Magro had apparent minor injuries to the mouth and arm as well as road rash. — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, "Jersey Shore's Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Jokes About His Car Fight with Jen Harley: 'Too Soon?'," 11 July 2018 The cousin who was in the car with her suffered only minor injuries, but Burrage had head injuries, spine fractures, road rash and lost her left ear. — Doug Criss, CNN, "A soldier lost her ear in a car accident. So the doctors grew her a new one -- on her forearm," 10 May 2018 Fox 13 reports the victim has severe road rash, staples in his leg and damage to his ribs and lungs. — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, "He was on his motorcycle and confronted a driver. Then things took a violent turn. | Miami Herald," 9 Apr. 2018 Rucinski suffered extensive road rash on his right hip, and scrapes on his right knee, but was otherwise unharmed in the incident, the complaint stated. — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "New Berlin man clings to car as would-be phone thief tries getaway, complaint says," 2 Feb. 2018 The 13-year-old boy, who police initially said was 14, suffered head injuries, a broken leg, a broken arm and has road rash on his stomach after the fleeing car struck him, Cleveland police said. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Stolen car involved in police chase, hit-and-run of teen, found torched in Cleveland," 23 Feb. 2018 The sedan took off southbound on Marina Bay Parkway, leaving the officer with broken bones, cuts to his head and road rash, the press release said. — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, "Richmond officer injured while shutting down ‘sideshow’," 28 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'road rash.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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