RUBBERNECK
Dictionary entry overview: What does rubberneck mean?
• RUBBERNECK (noun)
The noun RUBBERNECK has 2 senses:
1. a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
2. a person who stares inquisitively
Familiarity information: RUBBERNECK used as a noun is rare.
• RUBBERNECK (verb)
The verb RUBBERNECK has 1 sense:
1. strain to watch; stare curiously
Familiarity information: RUBBERNECK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUBBERNECK (noun)
Meaning:
A tourist who is visiting sights of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
excursionist; rubberneck; sightseer; tripper
Hypernyms ("rubberneck" is a kind of...):
holidaymaker; tourer; tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)
Meaning:
A person who stares inquisitively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
rubbernecker; rubberneck
Hypernyms ("rubberneck" is a kind of...):
looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))
• RUBBERNECK (verb)
Meaning:
Strain to watch; stare curiously
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident
Hypernyms (to "rubberneck" is one way to...):
watch (look attentively)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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