The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars.
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Rubbernecker
//ˈrʌbəˌnɛkə//
Synonyms for "rubbernecker" (47 found)
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28 translations across 12 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- gapulo noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Finnish
2 entries- kaulansa kurkottaja noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- töllistelijä noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
French
4 entries- badaud noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- badaude noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- curieuse noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- curieux noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
German
4 entries- Gaffer noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- Gafferin noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- Schaulustige noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- Schaulustiger noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Irish
1 entries- stánaí noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Italian
4 entries- curiosa noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- curioso noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- ficcanaso noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- impicciona noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Japanese
2 entries- 弥次馬 noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- 野次馬 noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Polish
3 entries- gap noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- gapowicz noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- gapowiczka noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Russian
1 entries- зева́ка noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Spanish
3 entries- cotilla noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- mirona noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
- mirón noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Thai
1 entries- ไทยมุง noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Welsh
1 entries- rhythwr noun (someone who cranes their neck to see something)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Gentlemen will leave their pocket flasks with the captain, and will limit themselves to two bunches of cigarettes each. Rubber neckers will be executed without trial. Glasses will be needed to protect the eyes from the dust, and you MUST "Keep off the grass."
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I suppose that fellow was a rubber-necker, and got killed peeping over the trenches.
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He is a great "rubber-necker." What he don't see aint worth looking at.
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