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Rubberneck Common

Rubberneck has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a tourist who is visiting sights of interest

2

a person who stares inquisitively

3

Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.

Verb
1

strain to watch; stare curiously

"The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
tourist spectator watch
Rhyming Words
eck neck meck weck heck reck feck peck teck deck geck veck seck keck beck steck freck kneck breck sneck
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