"roughneck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌfˌnɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-roughneck.wav 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) A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled. Tags: US, colloquial Synonyms: roustabout Translations (a laborer on an oil rig): olajfúró (Hungarian)
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  2. (colloquial, chiefly US, dated) A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks. Tags: US, colloquial, dated Synonyms: roustabout Translations (ironworker; dirty or low-paid worker, laborer): rakodómunkás (Hungarian), segédmunkás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-roughneck-en-noun-Ikmmtod5 Categories (other): American English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 34 34 21 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 16 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 41 13 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 40 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 34 29 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 33 25 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 28 33 34 4 Disambiguation of 'ironworker; dirty or low-paid worker, laborer': 6 90 4
  3. (colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. Tags: US, colloquial Coordinate_terms: redneck 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), طولومبهجی (tulumbacı) (Ottoman Turkish), grosseirão [masculine] (Portuguese), malcriado [masculine] (Portuguese), casca-grossa [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-roughneck-en-noun-75TAlQOw Categories (other): American English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 34 34 21 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 16 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 41 13 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 40 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 39 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 34 29 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 33 25 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 29 39 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 28 33 34 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 30 41 6 Disambiguation of 'someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person': 0 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: leatherneck, oil trash
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹʌfˌnɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-roughneck.wav 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 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 34 34 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 33 25 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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