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The meaning of RUBBERNECK is an overly inquisitive person. How to use rubberneck in a sentence.
Rubberneck definition: to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.. See examples of RUBBERNECK used in a sentence.
The term rubberneck describes what you do when you can't help staring at something. People tend to rubberneck when they're passing a car accident on the highway. You might rubberneck at a waiter who drops a huge tray full of glasses.
If someone is rubbernecking, they are staring at someone or something, especially in a rude or silly way. [informal, disapproval] The accident was caused by people slowing down to rubber-neck. [VERB] rubbernecker Word forms: rubberneckers countable noun.
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rubberneck /ˈrʌbɚˌnɛk/ verb
rubbernecks; rubbernecked; rubbernecking
rubberneck
/ˈrʌbɚˌnɛk/
verb
/ˈrʌbɚˌnɛkɚ/ noun, plural rubberneckers [count]
•a traffic jam caused by rubberneckers
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rubberneck. (ˈrʌbəˌnɛk) n. 1. a person who stares or gapes inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner. 2. a sightseer or tourist. vb. (intr) to stare in a naive or foolish manner. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
A person who stretches his or her neck or turns the head to gaze about in curiosity, as a motorist who slows to look at a traffic accident. Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring. Someone or something with a flexible neck.
