rubbernecking
rub·ber·neck·ing
Gaffen, Spannen
The act of slowing down while driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accidentThe act of slowing down while driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
/ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The act of slowing down while driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
Gaffen
(uncountable)Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
Gaffen, Spannen
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
slowing down to see the scene of an accident:
unseemly act of observation:
Origin
From rubber + neck + -ing.From rubber + neck + -ing.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable