"The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk."
Source: wiktionary
Rubbernecking
//ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ//
Synonyms for "rubbernecking" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
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7 translations across 4 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- ramptoerisme noun (unseemly act of observation)
French
1 entries- faire le badaud noun (slowing down to see the scene of an accident)
German
3 entries- Gaffen noun (slowing down to see the scene of an accident)
- Gaffen noun (unseemly act of observation)
- Spannen noun (unseemly act of observation)
Spanish
2 entries- cotilleo noun (unseemly act of observation)
- curiosear noun (slowing down to see the scene of an accident)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
Source: wiktionary
"Kids all up and down the Triboro corridors are staring, I can sense it. Why are they rubbernecking, what are they staring at?"
Source: wiktionary
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