roughneck

ˈrʌfnɛk

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Definition of roughneck - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

rowdy person

Rare

someone with rough manners or uncouth behavior

Rare

The bar was full of roughnecks causing trouble.

boorish

rowdy

oil worker

TECH.

laborer on an oil rig

TECH.

He spent years as a roughneck in Texas.

driller

oilman

roustabout

Verb

intr.

industry

TECH.

work as a laborer on an oil rig

TECH.

He decided to roughneck in Texas for the summer.

driller

roustabout

behavior

Rare

behave in a tough or aggressive manner

Rare

He likes to roughneck when he's with his friends.

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Origin of roughneck

American English, rough (coarse) + neck (person)

Examples of roughneck in a sentence

He was known as a roughneck in his younger days.
The roughneck worked tirelessly through the night.
Roughnecks face challenging conditions on the oil rigs.
Many young men choose to roughneck during the oil boom.
He spent years roughnecking before moving into management.
They would roughneck during the football game.

She tends to roughneck when challenged.

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French:brute, travailler sur une plateforme pétrolière, ...
German:Raufbold, schuften, ...
Italian:rozzo, fare il roughneck, ...
Spanish:bravucón, trabajar como obrero, ...
Portuguese:arruaceiro, trabalhar numa plataforma, ...
Chinese:粗野的人, 在钻井平台工作, ...
Japanese:乱暴者, ラフネックとして働く, ...
Arabic:مُشاغِب, اِشْتَغَلَ, ...
Hebrew:אָדָם פָּרוּעַ, לַעֲבוֹד כְּפוֹעֵל עַל אַסְדַּת נֶפֶט, ...
Russian:грубиян, работать на буровой, ...
Ukrainian:грубіян, працювати, ...
Hindi:उपद्रवी, मजदूरी करना, ...
Bengali:দাঙ্গাবাজ, তেল রিগে কাজ করা, ...
Catalan:brètol, treballar en una plataforma petroliera, ...
Czech:hrubián, pracovat jako dělník na ropné plošině, ...
Danish:bølle, arbejde på en boreplatform, ...
Dutch:ruwe kerel, op een boorplatform werken, ...
Greek:άγριος άνθρωπος, εργάζομαι σε εξέδρα πετρελαίου, ...
Hungarian:bunkó, olajfúrótornyon fizikai munkásként dolgozni, ...
Khmer:ជនកោងកាច, ធ្វើការជាកម្មករនៅអណ្តូងប្រេង, ...
Korean:난폭한 사람, 석유 시추 노동자로 일하다, ...
Persian:آدم خشن, کار کرد, ...
Polish:awanturnik, pracować jako robotnik na platformie wiertniczej, ...
Portuguese (BR):brutamontes, trabalhar como operário, ...
Romanian:huligan, a lucra, ...
Swedish:bråkstake, jobba på en oljerigg, ...
Thai:คนหยาบคาย, ทำงาน, ...
Turkish:kabadayı, petrol işçisi olarak çalışmak, ...
Vietnamese:kẻ thô lỗ, làm việc trên giàn khoan, ...

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