verb
- past tense of rubberneck; to turn one’s head to stare at something, especially out of curiosity about an accident or unusual event
Usage: informal
Examples
- Traffic slowed as drivers rubbernecked at the accident scene.
- She rubbernecked to see what was happening in the neighbor’s yard.
- The tourists rubbernecked at the celebrity walking down the street.
- He rubbernecked so much while driving that he nearly rear-ended the car ahead.
- People rubbernecked from their windows when the fire trucks arrived.
- The crowd rubbernecked at the street performer’s amazing tricks.