rubbernecker
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Definition of rubbernecker
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
“Gentlemen will leave their pocket flasks with the captain, and will limit themselves to two bunches of cigarettes each. Rubber neckers will be executed without trial. Glasses will be needed to protect the eyes from the dust, and you MUST "Keep off the grass."”
“I suppose that fellow was a rubber-necker, and got killed peeping over the trenches.”
“He is a great "rubber-necker." What he don't see aint worth looking at.”
“We are taught the importance of hygiene of the mouth, of the body, and of the hair, but little concerning the nose, which is the "rubber-necker" which is expected to discover any laxity of cleanliness of other parts of the body or the air around us.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From rubberneck (verb) + -er (suffix indicating person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb).
Words you can make from rubbernecker
109 playable · top: RUBBERNECK (20 pts)
Best play rubberneck 20 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
14 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
39 words- BECK 12 pts
- BUCK 12 pts
- BERK 10 pts
- BUNK 10 pts
- BURK 10 pts
- CUKE 10 pts
- KERB 10 pts
- NECK 10 pts
- RECK 10 pts
- RUCK 10 pts
- BURB 8 pts
- CUBE 8 pts
- CURB 8 pts
- KEEN 8 pts
- KERN 8 pts
- KNEE 8 pts
- KNUR 8 pts
- KUNE 8 pts
- NEUK 8 pts
- NUKE 8 pts
- REEK 8 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- BRRR 6 pts
- BURN 6 pts
- BURR 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURN 6 pts
- CURR 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- RUBE 6 pts
- UNBE 6 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- RUER 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- BUB 7 pts
- CUB 7 pts
- EBB 7 pts
- EEK 7 pts
- EKE 7 pts
- KEN 7 pts
- KUE 7 pts
- UKE 7 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BRR 5 pts
- BUN 5 pts
- BUR 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- CRU 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUR 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NUB 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- RUB 5 pts
- URB 5 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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