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rubbernecks

rubbernecks is the plural of rubberneck.

rubbernecks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rubberneck.

Meaning of rubberneck

Noun

rubberneck (plural rubbernecks)

  1. Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
    • The uniformed man pointed up at the rubbernecks on the end of the pier.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, →ISBN, page 46
    Synonyms:
    rubbernecker
  2. (US, obsolete) A tourist.
  3. Someone or something with a flexible neck.
    • A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint...1912, Edward C. Wood, Electrically Operated Bell for Submarine Signaling http://www.google.com/patents?id=p51jAAAAEBAJ, US Patent 1186961, line 57

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Questions about rubbernecks

What is rubbernecks the plural of?
Rubbernecks is the plural of rubberneck.

Words near rubbernecks in the dictionary

  1. rubberneck busses
  2. rubbernecked
  3. rubbernecker
  4. rubberneckers
  5. rubbernecking
  6. rubbernecks
  7. rubberoid
  8. rubberous
  9. rubbers
  10. rubbers up
  11. rubbersful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rubbernecks (page history and authors); rubberneck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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