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Rarerubbernecking
The correct spelling is rubbernecking.
How to pronounce rubbernecking
verb
Say it like: Rub-ber-nek-ing
The correct spelling is rubbernecking. To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other. For example: "The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident."
Usage Examples
“The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident.”
“The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
noun
- 1.The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
- 2.Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
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