rubberneck
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
- A tourist.
- Someone or something with a flexible neck.
Verb
- To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
- To cause (someone) to watch in fascinated horror, as if rubbernecking to see a roadside accident.
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