rubbernecking
Noun
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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 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."
- 2004, Robert G. Ferrell, Tangent: A Novel , ISBN 1589612760, page 131:
- 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.
- French: faire le badaud
- German: Gaffen
- Spanish: curiosear
- present participle of rubberneck#English|rubberneck
- 2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues , 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?"
- 2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues , ISBN 0741434962, page 339:
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