rubberneck:
(also ‘rubbernecker’; plural: ‘rubbernecks‘; for the right pronunciation of rubberneck & rubbernecker, please click here)
a person who looks at something or someone steadily and curiously for some time;
a gawker;
(old usage in USA) a tourist; a holidaymaker,
Jimmy was fined for being a rubberneck when he slowed down his car to see an accident on the highway.
In summer, our beaches are crowded with rubbernecks who gawk at the resting bathers in their bikinis and shorts, causing embarrassment to the bathers and their family members.
With the modern day technology, rubberneckers have taken rubbernecking a step forward with not just looking at the accidents on the roads but also taking photos with their iphones and posting them on Facebook, Twitter and G+ and texting the news to their friends on the spot!


