rubberneck 1 of 2

as in traveller
a person who travels for pleasure every year raucous rubbernecks by the busload descend upon the city for its famed Mardi Gras

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rubberneck

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verb

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Recent Examples of rubberneck
Noun
Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025 Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane. Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
Verb
Notorious for rubbernecking unscripted fare like 90 Day Fiancé, My 600-lb. Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025 The juxtaposition of Lopez’s avant-garde clothes, against the rubbernecking tourists in tees and shorts just outside the barricades, was genius. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rubberneck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubberneck
Verb
  • Where’s the line between puzzling out his psychology and just gawking at a sicko for nine hours?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
  • Number one, of course, would be Leonardo da Vinci, whose Mona Lisa at the Louvre is always surrounded by a gawking mob.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The latest additions to the popular tourist list including unique sites that may be unfamiliar to even the most frequent of travelers, like Møns Klint in Denmark, which features white chalk cliffs spilling into the Baltic Sea dating back 70 million years.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
  • And the idea that Anaheim might be a tourist destination was laughable.
    Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • It’s described as a long, blank and expressionless stare in a variety of social situations.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Vortex Media has all rights in Canada to the film staring Maren Heary (She Said), Jim Kaplan (The Holdovers), Karsen Liotta (Black Bird), Dominic Bogart (Fear The Walking Dead), Emily Hall (Wrong Numbers) and Tenley Kellogg.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • For light sleepers or travelers seeking a more tranquil setting, this property may not be the best fit.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • The same applies to travelers with mobility concerns.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Some even have private fire pits on the balcony—perfect for cool evenings, gazing at the stars.
    Rafael Peña, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
  • In one photograph, Second Lieutenant Cuthbert Higgins gazes at the camera with movie-star intensity.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025

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“Rubberneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubberneck. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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