"roughneck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roughnecks [plural]
Etymology: From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job". Etymology templates: {{com|en|rough|neck}} rough + neck Head templates: {{en-noun}} roughneck (plural roughnecks)
  1. (colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. Tags: US, colloquial Translations (someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person): грубиян (grubijan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ours mal léché [masculine] (French), arriéré [masculine] (French), Raubein [neuter] (German), tahó (Hungarian), bunkó (Hungarian), vagány [dated] (Hungarian), rakodómunkás (Hungarian), segédmunkás (Hungarian), طولومبهجی (tulumbacı) (Ottoman Turkish), grosseirão [masculine] (Portuguese), malcriado [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-roughneck-en-noun-75TAlQOw Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person': 97 2 0
  2. (colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-roughneck-en-noun-XgqhQYxq Disambiguation of People: 27 45 4 24 Categories (other): American English
  3. (colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig. Tags: US, colloquial Translations (a laborer on an oil rig): olajfúró (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-roughneck-en-noun-zUhCObka Categories (other): American English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 14 16 41 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 14 45 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 15 42 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 16 43 30 Disambiguation of 'a laborer on an oil rig': 3 8 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: roustabout, oil trash

Verb

Forms: roughnecks [present, singular, third-person], roughnecking [participle, present], roughnecked [participle, past], roughnecked [past]
Etymology: From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job". Etymology templates: {{com|en|rough|neck}} rough + neck Head templates: {{en-verb}} roughneck (third-person singular simple present roughnecks, present participle roughnecking, simple past and past participle roughnecked)
  1. To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
    Sense id: en-roughneck-en-verb-sClJrylF

Inflected forms

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