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rubberneck

[ ruhb-er-nek ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.


verb (used with object)

  1. to gawk at:

    The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident.

noun

  1. a sightseer; tourist.
  2. an extremely curious person.

rubberneck

/ ˈʌəˌɛ /

noun

  1. a person who stares or gapes inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
  2. a sightseer or tourist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to stare in a naive or foolish manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of rubberneck1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; rubber 1 + neck
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To celebrate the colorful little decals that keep Angelenos rubbernecking on the road, we asked locals and visitors to share their favorite bumper stickers.

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One could read this strange, extraneous sight as Perkins’ attempt to send up our macabre fixation with death, rubbernecking at gruesome sights we should want to turn away from.

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And yet, every few blocks she rubbernecked at another woman’s look, her famous New Yawk accent lifting and tumbling in pleasure at what she saw:

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The salesroom at Christie’s was packed on Tuesday evening, as spectators rubbernecked to see if buyers would compete for multimillion-dollar artworks at an auction house still hobbled by a cyberattack.

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Other reality TV wedding circuses emerged from this primordial soup too, including a few that built an entire marriage-accessory block on TLC and a market for rubbernecking horror comedies like WEtv’s “Bridezillas.”

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