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rubberneck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rubberneck has 2 senses
- rubberneck(n = noun.person) excursionist, sightseer, tripper - a tourist who is visiting sights of interest; Array is a kind of holidaymaker, tourer, tourist
- rubberneck(n = noun.person) rubbernecker - a person who stares inquisitively; Array is a kind of looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness
Derived form verb rubberneck1
Verb rubberneck has 1 sense
- rubberneck(v = verb.perception) Array - strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident" is one way to watch
Derived forms noun rubber-necking1, noun rubberneck2
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
rubberneck, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a person who stares inquisitively or stupidly.
--v.intr. act in this way.
--n. a person who stares inquisitively or stupidly.
--v.intr. act in this way.
THESAURUS
rubberneck
Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, be curious, burn with curiosity, busybody, butt-in, buttinsky, campaign, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruise, cruiser, dig around for, dig up, eavesdropper, excursionist, explorer, eye, fare, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, globe-girdler, globe-trot, globe-trotter, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, go slumming, goer, goggle, gossip, hajji, hit the trail, inquire, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, intermeddler, interrogate, jaunt, jet set, jet-setter, journey, journeyer, kibitzer, lionize, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, mariner, meddler, mountaineer, nose around for, nose out, nosy Parker, ogle, onlooking, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, peer, peregrinate, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pioneer, pragmatist, prier, pry, querier, querist, query, question, questioner, quidnunc, quiz, range the world, rubber, rubbernecker, sailor, scopophiliac, see the lions, see the sights, seek, sight-see, sight-seeing, sightseer, slummer, snoop, snooper, spectating, spectatorial, stare, straphanger, take a trip, take the road, tour, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trek, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyage, voyager, voyageur, voyeur, want to know, wayfare, wayfarer, world-traveler, yentaROGET THESAURUS
rubberneck
Spectator
N spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by, sightseer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, spy, sentinel.VB witness, behold, look on, gawk, rubber, rubberneck.
Curiosity
N curiosity, interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for truth, curiosity, curiousness, inquiring mind, inquisitiveness, omnivorous intellect, devouring mind, inquirer, sightseer, quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper, gossip, rubberneck, intellectual, seeker, seeker after truth, curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious, inquiring, prying, snoopy, nosy, peering, prurient, inquisitorial, inquisitory, curious as a cat, agape, what's the matter? what next? consumed with curios, curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back, curiouser and curiouser.VB be curious, take an interest in, stare, gape, prick up the ears, see sights, lionize, pry, nose, rubberneck.
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