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/ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/ · noun
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident..
"The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk."
The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
"Kids all up and down the Triboro corridors are staring, I can sense it. Why are they rubbernecking, what are they staring at?"
Use rubber necking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rubber necking means The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk."
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