roughneck

rough·neck

 (rŭf′nĕk′)

n.

1. An uncouth person.

2. A rowdy.

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

roughneck

(ˈrʌfˌnɛk)

n

1. a rough or violent person; thug

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

rough•neck

(ˈrʌfˌnɛk)

n.

1. a rough, coarse person; tough.

2. a laborer working on an oil-drilling rig.

v.i.

3. to work as a roughneck.

[1830–40]

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

roughneck

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

roughneck

noun

A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions:

hoodlum, mug, rowdy, ruffian, tough.

Informal: toughie.

Slang: hood, punk.

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