Definition of roughneck Roughneck
/ɹʌˈfnɛˌk/ - [rufnek] - rough•neck
We found 5 definitions of roughneck from 3 different sources.
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What does roughneck mean?
WordNet
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| roughneck - a cruel and brutal fellow | ||
| bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo | ||
| assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor 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 | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- roughneck, verb, present, 1st person singular of roughneck (infinitive).
- roughneck, verb (infinitive).
- roughneck, noun, singular of roughnecks.
