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RUBBERNECK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who stares inquisitively
Synonyms:
rubberneck; rubbernecker
Classified under:
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))
Derivation:
rubberneck (strain to watch; stare curiously)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tourist who is visiting sights of interest
Synonyms:
excursionist; rubberneck; sightseer; tripper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("rubberneck" is a kind of...):
holidaymaker; tourer; tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rubberneck ... he / she / it rubbernecks
Past simple: rubbernecked
Past participle: rubbernecked
-ing form: rubbernecking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strain to watch; stare curiously
Example:
The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "rubberneck" is one way to...):
watch (look attentively)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
rubber-necking (going about to look at places of interest)
rubberneck (a person who stares inquisitively)
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