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What (who) is rubberneck - definition
STARING AT SOMETHING OF INTEREST
Rubber necking; Rubber-necking; Gapers block; Mobile accident screen; Axi-Shield; Rubbernecker; Gaper's block; Gapers' block; Gapers delay; Gawkers block; Gawking; Rubberneck; Looky-loo; Lookie-loo; Incident screen
![Rubberneckers are often found at [[road accident]]s; seen above is an accident from 1918.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Auto accident on Bloor Street West in 1918.jpg?width=200 "Rubberneckers are often found at [[road accident]]s; seen above is an accident from 1918.")
![Čumil, the rubbernecker of [[Bratislava]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cumil czyli Podglądacz - panoramio.jpg?width=200 "Čumil, the rubbernecker of [[Bratislava]]")
rubberneck
also rubber-neck
(rubbernecks, rubbernecking, rubbernecked)
If someone is rubbernecking, they are staring at someone or something, especially in a rude or silly way. (INFORMAL)
The accident was caused by people slowing down to rubber-neck.
VERB: V [disapproval]
• rubbernecker (rubberneckers)
Pitt planted tall trees outside his home to block rubberneckers.
N-COUNT
rubberneck
informal
¦ verb turn one's head to stare at something in a foolish manner.
¦ noun a person who stares in this way.
Derivatives
rubbernecker noun
Rubbernecking
Rubbernecking is the act of staring at something of interest. The term rubbernecking refers to the physical act of craning one's neck, performed in order to get a better view.
Wikipedia
Rubbernecking
Rubbernecking is a derogatory term primarily used to refer to bystanders staring at accidents. More generally, it can refer to anyone staring at something of everyday interest compulsively (especially tourists). The term rubbernecking derives from the neck's appearance while trying to get a better view, that is, craning one's neck.
Rubberneck is associated with morbid curiosity. It is often the cause of traffic jams, sometimes referred to as "gapers' block" or "gapers' delay", as drivers slow down to see what happened in a crash. Rubberneck is considered as of 2007 unconventional English or slang.
Examples of use of rubberneck
1. CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. –– People who live in this small town tucked into the hills above New York City adhere to an unofficial code of conduct: When you drive past the Dutch colonial on Old House Lane, don‘t rubberneck, slow down or pull over to the side of the road.