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The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident. quotations examples
"The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk."
2004, Robert G. Ferrell, Tangent: A Novel, page 131
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly. examples
present participle and gerund of rubberneck quotations examples
"Kids all up and down the Triboro corridors are staring, I can sense it. Why are they rubbernecking, what are they staring at?"
2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues, page 339