Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gawking onlooker.
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- noun Someone who watches, a
spectator , in the sense that theycrane their neck as though it were made ofrubber . Especially those who watchaccidents .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who stares inquisitively
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Examples
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Becoming a Google rubbernecker -- gawking at someone's life from afar and finding something insulting or embarrassing there -- reminds me of the prank of pasting a "Kick Me Hard" sign on an unwitting victim's back.
Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: In a Google World, Do You Have the 'Right to Be Forgotten'? Ph.D. Pamela Haag 2011
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I felt like a rubbernecker, but was compelled to know more about this lady.
Luxury's 'Freak Category' Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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If I went to New York I would be worse than a rubbernecker.
Todd Greene: Irene In New York and Natural Disaster Rubbernecking Todd Greene 2011
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Becoming a Google rubbernecker -- gawking at someone's life from afar and finding something insulting or embarrassing there -- reminds me of the prank of pasting a "Kick Me Hard" sign on an unwitting victim's back.
Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: In a Google World, Do You Have the 'Right to Be Forgotten'? Ph.D. Pamela Haag 2011
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An auction of Madoff family belongings held at New York's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November arguably displayed Americans' fascination with the abyss--but the rubbernecker-bidders were also doing some good.
Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II Marian Salzman 2010
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An auction of Madoff family belongings held at New York's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November arguably displayed Americans' fascination with the abyss -- but the rubbernecker-bidders were also doing some good.
Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II Marian Salzman 2010
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An auction of Madoff family belongings held at New York's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November arguably displayed Americans' fascination with the abyss -- but the rubbernecker-bidders were also doing some good.
Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II Marian Salzman 2010
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An auction of Madoff family belongings held at New York's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November arguably displayed Americans' fascination with the abyss -- but the rubbernecker-bidders were also doing some good.
Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II Marian Salzman 2010
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An auction of Madoff family belongings held at New York's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November arguably displayed Americans' fascination with the abyss -- but the rubbernecker-bidders were also doing some good.
Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II Marian Salzman 2010
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The whole incident had made me feel indescribably dirty, like a rubbernecker at the site of a car crash.
John Belushi Is Dead Kathy Charles 2010
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