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rubberneck

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʌbɚˌnɛk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bbceeknrruStarts with REnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. strain to watch; stare curiously

Word origin

From rubber + neck. Coined in the sense of "tourist" in the United States in the late 19th century. A favored Americanism of H.L. Mencken.

Used in a sentence

  • We must have looked gorgeous. And what made it worse, there was at least a hundred rubbernecks that didn't have anything better to do than stand around and watch everyone falling all over themselves.
  • A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint...
  • “‘Hi, rubberneck!’ — he clutched at her pear-like breast jutting from her sweater — ‘how long did you think you'll duck me?’”

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