gawker
noun/ɡɔkər/
Frequency rank: #14,738 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who stares openly and rudely at something or someone.
Example sentence
After the accident, traffic slowed because every passing driver was acting like a curious gawker, staring at the wreckage.
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