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- [ruhf-nek]
- /ˈrʌfˌnɛk/
- /ˈrʌf.nek/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ruhf-nek]
- /ˈrʌfˌnɛk/
Definitions of roughneck word
- noun roughneck a rough, coarse person; a tough. 1
- noun roughneck any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig. Compare roustabout (def 4). 1
- verb without object roughneck to work as a roughneck. 1
- noun roughneck coarse or tough person 1
- countable noun roughneck A roughneck is a man who operates an oil well. 0
- countable noun roughneck If you describe a man as a roughneck, you disapprove of him because you think he is not gentle or polite, and can be violent. 0
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Origin of roughneck
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1830-40; rough + neck
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Parts of speech for Roughneck
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
roughneck popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
roughneck usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for roughneck
noun roughneck
- brawler — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- bruiser — A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
- yahoo — (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
- yobbo — yob.
adj roughneck
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- coarse — Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- ill-bred — showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
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- what is a roughneck job on a oil rig?
- how to become a roughneck?
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