roughneck

rough·neck  (rfnk)

n.

1. An uncouth person.

2. A rowdy.

3. A member of the crew of an oil rig other than the driller.

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roughneck [ˈrʌfˌnɛk]

n Slang

1. a rough or violent person; thug

2. (Mining & Quarrying) a worker in an oil-drilling operation

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

roughneck - a cruel and brutal fellow             bully, hooligan, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations plug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people

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roughneck

noun (Slang) thug, heavy (slang), tough, rough (informal), rowdy, bully boy, bruiser (informal), ruffian a rangy lantern-jawed roughneck

Translations

roughneck [ˈrʌfnek] N (US) → duro m, matón m

roughneck

n (inf)

(= thug) → Schläger m

(= oil rig worker) → Ölbohrarbeiter(in) m(f)

roughneck [ˈrʌfˌnɛk] n (Am) (fam) → duro, bestione m