rubberneck – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
rubberneck
v.
look at with curiosity, gawk at
n.
one who is curious; tourist, sightseer, visitor
Rubbernecking
Rubbernecking is the act of gawking or staring at something of interest. A common example of rubbernecking is drivers trying to view the aftermath of a
traffic accident. The term
rubbernecking refers to the physical act of craning one's neck, performed in order to get a better view.
rubberneck
Noun
1. a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
(synonym) sightseer, excursionist, tripper
(hypernym) tourist, tourer, holidaymaker
2. a person who stares inquisitively
(hypernym) spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
Verb
1. strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"
(hypernym) watch
rubberneck
listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.
rubberneck
Synonyms and related words:
Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, be curious, burn with curiosity, busybody, butt-in, buttinsky, campaign, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruise, cruiser, dig around for, dig up, eavesdropper, excursionist, explorer, eye, fare, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, globe-girdler, globe-trot, globe-trotter, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, go slumming, goer, goggle, gossip, hajji, hit the trail, inquire, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, intermeddler, interrogate, jaunt, jet set, jet-setter, journey, journeyer, kibitzer, lionize, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, mariner, meddler, mountaineer, nose around for, nose out, nosy Parker, ogle, onlooking, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, peer, peregrinate, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pioneer, pragmatist, prier, pry, querier, querist, query, question, questioner, quidnunc, quiz, range the world, rubber, rubbernecker, sailor, scopophiliac, see the lions, see the sights, seek, sight-see, sight-seeing, sightseer, slummer, snoop, snooper, spectating, spectatorial, stare, straphanger, take a trip, take the road, tour, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trek, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyage, voyager, voyageur, voyeur, want to know, wayfare, wayfarer, world-traveler, yenta
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
