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Stare at a Swiss mishap?
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rubberneck
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Word definitions for rubberneck in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn: sightseer , excursionist , tripper ] a person who stares inquisitively v. strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring. 2 (context US obsolete English) A tourist. 3 Someone or something with a flexible neck. vb. To watch by crane the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1897, "person who is always listening to other people's conversation; person who gazes around him with undue curiosity," from rubber + neck (n.). Popularized with reference to sightseers in automobiles. As a verb from 1896. Related: Rubbernecking (1896); ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rubberneck is the most successful album by American rock band Toadies . It was released in August 1994 on Interscope Records and attained RIAA gold and platinum status in December 1995 and December 1996 respectively. The album produced the band's most popular ...
Usage examples of rubberneck.
Chanterelle said, almost blocking me as I pulled away from the side of the glass, reversing into the press of jostlers behind me, rubbernecking to get a glimpse of the fabled fish.
The sidewalks were jammed with costumed jokers and rubbernecking nats.
Somebody stuck his head into the compartment where Johnson was rubbernecking: Danny Perez, one of the radiomen who'd helped show the world a sardonic face while the space station stayed in orbit.
She rubbernecked toward the door—only for a second, but it would have to do.
It had stopped for a moment as the driver rubbernecked the accident, then as more police arrived it had taken off.
If she passed one on the highway, she never rubbernecked but carefully kept her gaze averted and got past the accident site as soon as she could.
Buddy, predictably, didn't waste a moment rubbernecking, which meant I couldn't see as much of this strange space as I wanted to.
People who actually had to go someplace—me, for instance—got stuck right along with the rubbernecking fools.
People were standing on the sidewalk rubbernecking the way they always do when something goes wrong.
When dawn allowed the rubbernecks at the corn-operated telescopes to enjoy the drama, the party had begun a descent.
I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory.
And what made it worse, there were at least a couple of hundred rubbernecks that didn't have anything better to do than stand around and watch everybody falling all over themselves.
Flew level with the top windows, full of rubbernecks watching us and waving while he cranked away at them.
The uniformed man pointed up at the rubbernecks on the end of the pier.
People in cars with plates from the Midwest and South rubbernecked, and the drivers ignored the traffic signs, seeming to delight in suicidal lane changes and illegal turns onto one-way streets.