redneck

English

/ˈɹɛdnɛk/

noun

Definitions

(slang) A poor, rural, usually white and male, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and northeast, especially one who is unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
(historical) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
(historical) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
(UK) A Roman Catholic.

Etymology

Compound from English red (having red as its colour) + English neck (drink very quickly).

Origin

English

neck

Gloss

drink very quickly

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Red China English
Red Crown English
Red Hatter English
Red Sea English
Redbeard English
Redbridge English
Redcastle English
Redflower English
antired English
blood-red English
blue-red English
boatneck English
bootneck English
bottleneck English
breakneck English
bullneck English
cowlneck English
crewneck English
crookneck English
fiddleneck English
foreneck English
gooseneck English
halterneck English
hindneck English
infrared English
leatherneck English
limberneck English
littleneck English
longneck English
midneck English
monored English
neck English
neckache English
neckband English
neckbeard English
neckbeef English
neckbiter English
neckbone English
neckbrace English
neckcloth English
neckdown English
necked English
necker English
neckerchief English
neckful English
neckgear English
necklace English
neckland English
neckless English
necklet English
necklike English
neckline English
necklock English
neckmold English
neckmould English
neckpiece English
neckplate English
neckroll English
neckspring English
neckstrap English
necktie English
neckwarmer English
neckwear English
neckweed English
neckyoke English
neknomination English
nonred English
pencil-neck English
pencilneck English
polo-neck English
red English
red caviar English
red geyser English
red guard English
red nugget galaxy English
red state English
red tide English
red wolf English
red-crested pochard English
red-eye English
red-green English
red-haired English
red-handed English
red-necked buzzard English
red-pencil English
red-shouldered hawk English
redback English
redbait English
redbed English
redbelly English
redberry English
redbird English
redbone English
redbreast English
redbrick English
redbud English
redbug English
redbush English
redcap English
redcoat English
redden English
reddish English
reddy English
redface English
redfin English
redfinch English
redfish English
redgum English
redhead English
redheaded English
redhorse English
redleg English
redline English
redlink English
redly English
redmouth English
redneckery English
redneckification English
redneckish English
redneckism English
rednecky English
redness English
rednosed English
redology English
redophile English
redout English
redpoint English
redpoll English
redrimmed English
redroot English
redsear English
redshank English
redshift English
redshirt English
redskin English
redskirt English
redsmith English
redstart English
redstem English
redstreak English
redtail English
redthroat English
redtop English
redtwig English
redward English
redwards English
redware English
redway English
redweed English
redwing English
redwood English
redwork English
redworm English
renecked English
ring-neck English
ringneck English
rollneck English
roughneck English
scoopneck English
semired English
shitneck English
snakeneck English
squareneck English
stiff neck English
stiff-necked English
stiffnecked English
topneck English
turtleneck English
ultrared English
unred English
wryneck English
yellow-red English
ネック Japanese
レッド Japanese
nekke Middle English
red Middle English
red Volapük
nek Tok Pisin
ret Tok Pisin
red Bislama