rubberneck

Etymology
Coined in the sense of "tourist" in the United States in the late 19th century. A favored Americanism of H.L. Mencken.

Noun

 * 1) Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
 * 2)  A tourist.
 * 3) Someone or something with a flexible neck.
 * 4) * 1912, Edward C. Wood, Electrically Operated Bell for Submarine Signaling, US Patent 1186961, line 57:
 * "A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint..."
 * 1) * 1912, Edward C. Wood, Electrically Operated Bell for Submarine Signaling, US Patent 1186961, line 57:
 * "A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint..."

Translations

 * Bulgarian: зяпач
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Macedonian: зја́пач
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
 * The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident.
 * 1) To cause (someone) to watch in fascinated horror, as if rubbernecking to see a roadside accident.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 引頸而望
 * Finnish: kurkottaa kaulaansa
 * French: faire le badaud
 * German:, sich den Hals verrenken
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,