I felt like a rubberneck as I watched the firefighters battle the blaze.
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Rubberneck
//ˈɹʌbɚˌnɛk//
Synonyms for "rubberneck" (139 found)
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24 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- зяпач noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 引頸而望 /引颈而望 verb (to watch by craning the neck)
Finnish
2 entries- töllistelijä noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- kurkottaa kaulaansa verb (to watch by craning the neck)
French
2 entries- badaud noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- faire le badaud verb (to watch by craning the neck)
German
4 entries- Gaffer noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- Gafferin noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- Schaulustiger noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- gaffen verb (to watch by craning the neck)
Italian
3 entries- curioso noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- ficcanaso noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- impiccione noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
Macedonian
1 entries- зја́пач noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
Russian
4 entries- зева́ка noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- ротозе́й noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- глазе́ть verb (to watch by craning the neck)
- пя́литься verb (to watch by craning the neck)
Spanish
4 entries- mirón noun (someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring — see also rubbernecker)
- curiosear verb (to watch by craning the neck)
- mirar verb (to watch by craning the neck)
- sapear verb (to watch by craning the neck)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
We must have looked gorgeous. And what made it worse, there was at least a hundred rubbernecks that didn't have anything better to do than stand around and watch everyone falling all over themselves.
Source: wiktionary
A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint...
Source: wiktionary
“‘Hi, rubberneck!’ — he clutched at her pear-like breast jutting from her sweater — ‘how long did you think you'll duck me?’”
Source: wiktionary
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