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    roughneck
    /ˈrʌfnɛk/

    noun

    • 1. a rough and uncouth person: "the usual roughnecks and gangsters"
    • 2. an oil rig worker.

    verb

    • 1. work on an oil rig: "he gave up college to roughneck on wells in west Texas"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › roughneckROUGHNECK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    ROUGHNECK definition: 1. a worker on an oil rig (= a large piece of equipment for getting oil from underground) 2. a…. Learn more.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › roughneckRoughneck - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    A roughneck is a troublemaker who gets in a lot of fights and doesn’t have good manners. Roughnecks are also men who work at dangerous, grueling hard-labor jobs. Maybe that’s why they’re so mad.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › roughneckRoughneck Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ROUGHNECK is a rough or uncouth person. How to use roughneck in a sentence. a rough or uncouth person; rowdy, tough; a worker of an oil-well-drilling crew other than the driller…

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    Roughneck definition: a rough, coarse person; a tough.. See examples of ROUGHNECK used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › roughneckROUGHNECK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. 1. Informal. a rough, crude person, esp. one who is quarrelsome and disorderly; rowdy. 2. a worker on an oil drilling rig, esp. a member of the crew which feeds pipe into the well. verb intransitive. 3. to work as a roughneck.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › roughneckROUGHNECK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    ROUGHNECK meaning: 1. a worker on an oil rig (= a large piece of equipment for getting oil from underground) 2. a…. Learn more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › roughneckRoughneck - definition of roughneck by The Free Dictionary

    Define roughneck. roughneck synonyms, roughneck pronunciation, roughneck translation, English dictionary definition of roughneck. n. 1. An uncouth person. 2. A rowdy. 3. A member of the crew of an oil rig other than the driller. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,...