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Dictionary.com: rub·ber·neck ?verb (used without object)1. to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
?verb (used with object) 2. to gawk at: The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident. ?noun Also, rub·ber·neck·er. 3. a sightseer; tourist. 4. an extremely curious person. [Origin: 1895?1900, Americanism; rubber1 + neck] Robert Paul Reed College ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html