rub·ber·neck
ˈrə-bər-ˌnek 
1
: an overly inquisitive person
2
: tourist
especially
: one on a guided tour
rubbernecked; rubbernecking; rubbernecks
1
: to look about or stare with exaggerated curiosity
drivers passing the accident slowed down to rubberneck
2
: to go on a tour : sightsee
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Examples of rubberneck in a Sentence
Noun
every year raucous rubbernecks by the busload descend upon the city for its famed Mardi Gras
Verb
She was rubbernecking and almost got in an accident herself.
thoughtless drivers pausing on the highway to rubberneck at the accident
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Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
What can only be described as a rubberneck-inducing, Alfalfa hair situation ensues, rendering her date-night vibe—a formfitting V-neck pink dress and no-makeup makeup look—virtually irreparable.
—Kate Branch, Vogue, 15 July 2018
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
Or a picture of the grimy, rubbernecking cameraman of Nightcrawler.
—Marco Grob, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
—Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
What can only be described as a rubberneck-inducing, Alfalfa hair situation ensues, rendering her date-night vibe—a formfitting V-neck pink dress and no-makeup makeup look—virtually irreparable.
—Kate Branch, Vogue, 15 July 2018
Verb
The juxtaposition of Lopez’s avant-garde clothes, against the rubbernecking tourists in tees and shorts just outside the barricades, was genius.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
Or a picture of the grimy, rubbernecking cameraman of Nightcrawler.
—Marco Grob, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Rubberneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubberneck. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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