roughneck

[ ruhf-nek ]

/ ˈrʌfˌnɛk /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR roughneck ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a rough, coarse person; a tough.

any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig.Compare roustabout (def. 4).

verb (used without object)

to work as a roughneck.

Origin of roughneck

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; rough + neck

Words nearby roughneck

rough-legged hawk, rough lemon, rough lock, roughly, rough music, roughneck, rough out, rough passage, rough puff pastry, roughrider, Rough Riders

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Example sentences from the Web for roughneck

I wanted to kill the enemy and be a roughneck and cuss and spit tobacco, come home and do it again.
‘Hell And Back Again’: PBS Airs Documentary On Wounded Marine|Jesse Ellison|May 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And as long as youre rooming with me—which I hope wont be long—Ill ask you to cut out that roughneck stuff.
Full-Back Foster|Ralph Henry Barbour
It was mighty slow, an' I'm still a roughneck; but I'm gettin' on.
The Mucker|Edgar Rice Burroughs
I kind of gloried in being a roughneck, I reckon, he added with a wry smile.
The Heart of Canyon Pass|Thomas K. Holmes

I copped it on the high seas—flotsam and jetsam,' says the 'roughneck.'
The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure|Rex Beach
But I expect one cabaret is about like another in these roughneck towns.
The Heart of Canyon Pass|Thomas K. Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for roughneck

roughneck

/ (ˈrʌfˌnɛk) /

noun slang

a rough or violent person; thug

a worker in an oil-drilling operation

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单词	roughneck
释义	roughneck [ ruhf-nek ] / ˈrʌfˌnɛk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR roughneck ON THESAURUS.COM noun a rough, coarse person; a tough. any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig.Compare roustabout (def. 4). verb (used without object) to work as a roughneck. Origin of roughneck An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; rough + neck Words nearby roughneck rough-legged hawk, rough lemon, rough lock, roughly, rough music, roughneck, rough out, rough passage, rough puff pastry, roughrider, Rough Riders Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for roughneck I wanted to kill the enemy and be a roughneck and cuss and spit tobacco, come home and do it again. ‘Hell And Back Again’: PBS Airs Documentary On Wounded Marine\|Jesse Ellison\|May 28, 2012\|DAILY BEAST And as long as youre rooming with me—which I hope wont be long—Ill ask you to cut out that roughneck stuff. Full-Back Foster\|Ralph Henry Barbour It was mighty slow, an' I'm still a roughneck; but I'm gettin' on. The Mucker\|Edgar Rice Burroughs I kind of gloried in being a roughneck, I reckon, he added with a wry smile. The Heart of Canyon Pass\|Thomas K. Holmes I copped it on the high seas—flotsam and jetsam,' says the 'roughneck.' The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure\|Rex Beach But I expect one cabaret is about like another in these roughneck towns. The Heart of Canyon Pass\|Thomas K. Holmes British Dictionary definitions for roughneck roughneck / (ˈrʌfˌnɛk) / noun slang a rough or violent person; thug a worker in an oil-drilling operation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to roughneck ruffian, tough, bully, punk, rowdy, hood
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roughneck

noun

verb (used without object)

Origin of roughneck

Words nearby roughneck

Example sentences from the Web for roughneck

British Dictionary definitions for roughneck

noun slang

Words related to roughneck