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Definition: Rubberneck |
RubberneckNoun1. A tourist who is visiting sights of interest. 2. A person who stares inquisitively. Verb1. Strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: RubberneckSynonyms: excursionist (n), sightseer (n), tripper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Curiosity | Verb: be curious; Adjective: take an interest in, stare, gape; prick up the ears, see sights, lionize; pry; nose; rubberneck. |
Inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip; (news); rubberneck; intellectual; seeker, seeker after truth. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Rubberneck Boarders (1900) | |
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| "Rubberneck" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 54.55% of the time. "Rubberneck" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 54.55% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rubberneck | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rubberneck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | turist (tourer, tourist, tripper, visitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سائح, المتسكع (bum, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, looker on, prowler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | турист (excursionist, hiker, sightseer, tourist, tripper), гледам с любопитство, зяпам с любопитство, любопитен човек (keeker, quidnunc), протягам врат да видя. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èumil (gaper, gape-seed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فضولی کردن (Blab, Meddle, Presume), سیاحت کردن (Explore, Safari, Tour), جهانگرد (Tourist), ادم فضول وخاله وارس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | touriste, chasseur de coupons, badaud. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gaffer (gaper, gawper, gawpers, gazer, gazers, rubbernecks, starer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίεργοσ (curious, inquisitive, nosey, nosy), χαζόσ (muggins, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, simp, simperer, simpleton, soft-headed, stupid, twit, witless), χαζοτουρίστασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bámészkodó turista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | discernere (descry, discern, distinguish, espy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubberneckray turista (tourist, tripper), pessoa intrometida (busybody), pessoa curiosa. (various references) зевака (gaper, gapeseed). (various references) zavirivalo (peeper). (various references) mirón (lurker, onlooker, peeper, peeping tom, voyeur), curiosear (nose, nose about, nose around, poke about, poke around, pry, sniff, sniffle, snoop, snuffle). (various references) nyfiken person. (various references) คนชอบเหลียวมอง (rubbernecker). (various references) turist (dude, sightseer, tourist, tripper, vacationist), tura katılmak (rubber), meraklı tip, meraklı (addict, addicted, aficionado, amateur, buff, bug, curious, curious person, devotee, fancier, freak, given to, hipped, hipped on, hound, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, keen, keen on, lover, nosey, nosy, prying, quidnunc, quizzical, snoop, Snoopy, splenetic), merakla bakınmak (rubber), merakla bakınan tip, geziye katılmak (join the tour, rubber). (various references) допитлива людина. (various references) người du lịch tò mò. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rubberneck": rubbernecked, rubbernecker, rubberneckers, rubbernecking, rubbernecks. (additional references) | |
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"Rubberneck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Robenek, rubberbeck. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-c-e-e-k-n-r-r-u" | |
-3 letters: buckeen, rebuker. | |
-4 letters: bucker, bunker, burker, burner, curber, necker, rebeck, rebuke, rubber. | |
-5 letters: burke, creek, cubeb, cuber, curer, enure, kerne, rebbe, rebec, recur, rerun. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-c-e-e-k-n-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: rubbernecks. | |
+2 letters: rubbernecked, rubbernecker. | |
+3 letters: rubberneckers, rubbernecking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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