Definition of ROUGHNECK

roughneck

Plural: roughnecks

Noun

  • a cruel and brutal fellow
  • Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
  • An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
  • A labourer on an oil rig.

Verb

  • To work as a laborer on an oil rig.

Origin / Etymology

From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".

Scrabble Score: 19

roughneck: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
roughneck: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
roughneck: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

roughneck: valid Words With Friends Word