Rubbernecker

Quick meaning: Rubbernecker is a noun meaning (originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.

Meaning

(originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.

Example Sentences

He is a great "rubber-necker." What he don't see aint worth looking at.

I suppose that fellow was a rubber-necker, and got killed peeping over the trenches.

The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars.

"The train's whistle was blowin' the whole time and, Lord, it sounded like a bomb had went^([sic]) off when they hit," said Patty Fay McNair, a waitress at the Torch, to a rubbernecker who'd asked if she'd seen what happened.

Word Forms

• rubberneckers
• rubber-necker

Synonyms for rubbernecker

Depending on context, synonyms include gaper, gawker, onlooker, spectator, starer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rubber-necker, rubberer, neckercher, rubberist, neckinger, rubberhead.

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