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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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   What does roughneck mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ROUGHNECK definition: 1. a worker on an oil rig (= a large piece of equipment for getting oil from underground) 2. a…. Learn more.

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   What is a roughneck in drilling?

   • A roughneck is a member of the drilling crew. The drilling crew is composed of a tool pusher, a driller, a derrickhand, and several roughnecks. Roughnecks are members of the drilling crew who work on the derrick floor and up in the derrick racking pipe. A roughneck is a member of the drilling crew.

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   What does 'roughneck' mean in sports?

   • The term 'roughneck' is most commonly associated with the workers on a drilling rig, whose occupation is hard manual labor. In the context of sports, several teams have adopted the hard-working, tough image of roughnecks as part of their name or logo.

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   What is a roughneck in oil & gas?

   • Roughnecks are members of the drilling crew who work on the derrick floor and up in the derrick racking pipe. A roughneck is a member of the drilling crew. Collins COBUILD Key Words for the Oil and Gas Industry.

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   Roughneck is a noun that can mean a worker on an oil rig or a rough and rude person, mainly in US and Australian English. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation and translations, and see examples from various sources.

   • English (US)

     ROUGHNECK meaning: 1. a worker on an oil rig (= a large...

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     roughneck definicja: 1. a worker on an oil rig (= a large...

   • Roughneck in Simplified Chinese

     ROUGHNECK translate: 石油钻井工，油井工人, （通常指男性）粗鲁的人，粗暴的人. Learn...

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     ROUGHNECK translate: 石油鑽井工，油井工人, （通常指男性）粗魯的人，粗暴的人. Learn...

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   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.

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   A roughneck is a rough or uncouth person, a rowdy, tough worker of an oil-well-drilling crew, or an adjective for something suitable for such a person. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of roughneck.

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

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   A roughneck is someone who operates an oil well or is a violent person. Learn more about the word forms, synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of roughneck in different contexts.

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   A roughneck is a rude, violent, or uncouth person, or a worker on an oil rig. Find out more meanings, translations, and examples of roughneck in different contexts.