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/ˈrʌbəˌnɛkə/ · noun
(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..
The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars.
Gentlemen will leave their pocket flasks with the captain, and will limit themselves to two bunches of cigarettes each. Rubber neckers will be executed without trial. Glasses will be needed to protect the eyes from the dust, and you MUST "Keep off the grass."
I suppose that fellow was a rubber-necker, and got killed peeping over the trenches.
He is a great "rubber-necker." What he don't see aint worth looking at.
We are taught the importance of hygiene of the mouth, of the body, and of the hair, but little concerning the nose, which is the "rubber-necker" which is expected to discover any laxity of cleanliness of other parts of the body or the air around us.
"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.
A huge crowd of Muscovites had gathered around the distant approaches to the building, beyond the cordon of military and police. [...] Stray bullets flew in their direction, too, and several people were wounded. Some were even killed. Nevertheless the crowd of rubberneckers kept growing.
[...] Snake River breaching [...] will attract tourists, fly-rodders, kayakers, birders, botanists, Lewis and Clark buffs, and rubberneckers from all over the globe to ogle the mothballed dam remnants, study the returning plants, birds, and wildlife, [...]
Use rubbernecker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rubbernecker means (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..
Common synonyms include gaper, gawker, gawper, onlooker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars.
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