noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.

   "The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars."

2. 2
   a person who stares inquisitively wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adventurerastronautbusybodycamperclimbercommuter

Example

More examples

"The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars."

Etymology

From rubberneck (verb) + -er (suffix indicating person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb).

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