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Verb: rubberneck  'rú-bu(r),nek
Usage: informal
  1. Strain to watch; stare curiously
    "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"
Noun: rubberneck  'rú-bu(r),nek
Usage: informal
  1. A person who stares inquisitively
    "rubbernecks slowed traffic as they gawked at the accident scene";
    - rubbernecker [informal]
     
  2. A tourist who is visiting sights of interest
    "Rubbernecks crowded around the famous monument";
    - sightseer, excursionist, tripper [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: rubbernecked, rubbernecking, rubbernecks

Type of: holidaymaker [Brit, Cdn], looker, spectator, tourer, tourist, vacationist [N. Amer], viewer, watch, watcher, witness

Encyclopedia: Rubberneck