rubbernecking
From Wiktionary
[edit] English
[edit] Noun
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rubbernecking (uncountable)
- The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, so as to look at the scene of an accident.
- 2004, Robert G. Ferrell, Tangent: A Novel [1], ISBN 1589612760, page 131:
- "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."
- Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
- The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
[edit] Verb
rubbernecking
- Present participle of rubberneck.
- 2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues [2], ISBN 0741434962, page 339:
- "Kids all up and down the Triboro corridors are staring, I can sense it. Why are they rubbernecking, what are they staring at?"

