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Noun: roughneck  'rúf,nek
Usage: informal
  1. An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker
    "The roughnecks caused chaos at the football match";
    - bully, tough [informal], hooligan, ruffian, rowdy, yob [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], scally [UK, informal], ned [UK, informal]
     
  2. Someone who works on an oil rig
    "The oil roughneck spent months at a time on the offshore platform";
    - rigger, oil rigger
Verb: roughneck  'rúf,nek
  1. Work on an oil rig
    "He roughnecked in Texas for several years"

Derived forms: roughnecked, roughnecks, roughnecking

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, oil worker

Encyclopedia: Roughneck