Rubberneck - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈrʌbərnek|  American pronunciation of the word rubberneck
Brit.  |ˈrʌbənek|  British pronunciation of the word rubberneck

noun

- a tourist who is visiting sights of interest (syn: excursionist, sightseer, tripper)
- a person who stares inquisitively

verb

- strain to watch; stare curiously
The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident

Extra examples

...every year raucous rubbernecks by the busload descend upon the city for its famed Mardi Gras...

She was rubbernecking and almost got in an accident herself.

...thoughtless drivers pausing on the highway to rubberneck at the accident...

People rubbernecking in the southbound lane caused a second accident.

The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: rubberneck
he/she/it: rubbernecks
present participle: rubbernecking
past tense: rubbernecked
past participle: rubbernecked
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