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View synonyms for rubberneck

rubberneck

[ ruhb-er-nek ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.


verb (used with object)

  1. to gawk at:

    The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident.

noun

  1. a sightseer; tourist.
  2. an extremely curious person.

rubberneck

/ ˈrʌbəˌnɛk /

noun

  1. a person who stares or gapes inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
  2. a sightseer or tourist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to stare in a naive or foolish manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubberneck1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; rubber 1 + neck
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Example Sentences

The most popular slang expression of the day is "to rubberneck," or, more concisely, "to rubber."

Women ought to have everything they own fastened to them with rubberneck elastics.

A detective saw you on the Rubberneck up at Central Park and 'phoned down to take you in.

And now in the broad, quiet avenue in front of the Rubberneck car a man in dark clothes stood with uplifted hand.

To show general scorn, the bird revolved on one claw round and round his swing; he looked dangerous, repeating, "Rubberneck."

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