English
Noun
en-noun|-
- The act of slow down|slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, so as to look at the scene of an accident.
#*2004, Robert G. Ferrell, Tangent: A Novel 1, 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."
- 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.
Verb
rubbernecking
- present participle of|rubberneck
#*2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues 2, 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?"
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