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rubbernecking

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/Sorted bbceegiknnrruStarts with REnds with G0 clues
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Definitions

  1. The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.

Word origin

From rubber + neck + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • "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."
  • The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
  • "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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