gawker

noun

Definition of gawkernext
as in rubberneck

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  1. rubberneck
  2. spy
  3. gaper
  4. peeper
  5. snoop
  6. interloper
  7. busybody
  8. buttinsky
Noun
  • Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
    Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
  • What can only be described as a rubberneck-inducing, Alfalfa hair situation ensues, rendering her date-night vibe—a formfitting V-neck pink dress and no-makeup makeup look—virtually irreparable.
    Kate Branch, Vogue, 15 July 2018
Definition of rubberneck
Noun
  • Zoom in: Both President Biden and President-elect Trump — and many spies, diplomats and defense officials personally involved in the tumultuous events of the last year — agree that Assad was doomed by the weakening of his allies, Russia and Iran.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This John and Jane Smith are two lonely strangers who sign up for a mysterious spy agency and get paired together, posing as a married couple.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of spy
Noun
  • This pairing from Wildhorn worked in perfect harmony to keep gaper-gap at bay and airflow going directly from cutouts at the top of the helmet vents into the goggles.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Another man asked if putting up higher barriers in the median might help with the dreaded gaper’s blocks that happen every time there’s an accident.
    Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
Definition of gaper
Noun
  • At Loewe, makeup artist Pat McGrath crafted a range of gold and silver accents swept atop a number of models’ peepers.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But what did come into clear view on occasion were delicately winged peepers.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of peeper
Noun
  • And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Scores of security guards keep the homeless, the snoops and the patent-stealers at bay, while the dealmakers pack into the cramped Westin St. Francis hotel and its surrounds to meet with cash-hungry executives from biotech and other health care companies.
    Molly Castle Work and Arthur Allen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
Definition of snoop
Noun
  • He’s widely seen as an interloper, a clown, disrupting and degrading a sport that’s supposed to be meritocratic.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Musicians should not be interlopers, Peled says, but fixtures in their neighborhoods.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of interloper
Noun
  • Of all people to hand a secret to, a religious busybody has to be among the worst.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Fiona Shaw plays the maiden sister of Roger Muldoon, friend of Grace, general busybody, possessor of zero ability to read a room.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of busybody
Noun
  • Linda Tripp, world-famous buttinsky , Dropped a dime on M. Lewinsky.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Rather, the story is set in motion by Kevin O’Neill (Rick Holmes), a private-equity manager and arrogant buttinsky who takes an interest in Cara.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 June 2018
Definition of buttinsky
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