Rubberneck

Quick meaning: Rubberneck is a noun meaning Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.

Meaning

Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.

More Meanings

1. (US, obsolete) A tourist.
2. Someone or something with a flexible neck.
3. To cause (someone) to watch in fascinated horror, as if rubbernecking to see a roadside accident.
4. To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.

Example Sentences

“‘Hi, rubberneck!’ — he clutched at her pear-like breast jutting from her sweater — ‘how long did you think you'll duck me?’”

The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident.

A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint.

Hoover’s books go down like a T.M.I. Facebook confessional, rubbernecking you in from the first sentence. Certain patterns quickly emerge.

Word Forms

• rubbernecks
• rubbernecking
• rubbernecked

Synonyms for rubberneck

Depending on context, synonyms include rubbernecker, excursionist, sightseer, tripper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include excursionist, sightseer, tripper, starer, ogle, gaze.

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