Sekirov Dictionary

rubberneck

/ˈɹʌbɚˌnɛk/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3

noun3

•
Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
- The uniformed man pointed up at the rubbernecks on the end of the pier. — 1939
•
Someone or something with a flexible neck.
- A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint... — 1912
(US, no longer used) A tourist.

verb2

•
To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
- The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident.
•
To cause (someone) to watch in fascinated horror, as if rubbernecking to see a roadside accident.
- Hoover’s books go down like a T.M.I. Facebook confessional, rubbernecking you in from the first sentence. Certain patterns quickly emerge. — 2023

forms

rubbernecked · rubbernecking · rubbernecks

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