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English
Etymology
From rubber + necking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: rub‧ber‧neck‧ing
Noun
rubbernecking (uncountable)
- The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
2004, Robert G. Ferrell, Tangent: A Novel, →ISBN, 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.
Translations
slowing down to see the scene of an accident
unseemly act of observation
Verb
rubbernecking
- present participle and gerund of rubberneck
2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues, →ISBN, 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?"
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