Meaning of rubbernecking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
   uncountable
2. Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"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.”

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