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rubber-necker

rubber-necker is the alternative form of rubbernecker.

Meaning of rubbernecker

Noun

rubbernecker (plural rubberneckers)

  1. A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.
    • The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars.

Forms of rubber-necker

pluralrubber-neckers

Questions about rubber-necker

What is rubber-necker the alternative form of?
Rubber-necker is the alternative form of rubbernecker.

Words near rubber-necker in the dictionary

  1. rubber-ducked
  2. rubber-ducking
  3. rubber-ducks
  4. rubber-hose
  5. rubber-hose cryptanalysis
  6. rubber-necker
  7. rubber-neckers
  8. rubber-soled
  9. rubber-stamp
  10. rubber-stamped
  11. rubber-stamping

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