roughneck
English
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
- (colloquial) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
- (colloquial) A labourer on an oil rig.
Etymology
Compound from English rough + 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
- 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
- leatherneck English
- limberneck English
- littleneck English
- longneck English
- macrorough English
- microrough English
- midneck English
- nanorough 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
- nonrough English
- pencil-neck English
- pencilneck English
- polo-neck English
- red-necked buzzard English
- redneck English
- renecked English
- ring-neck English
- ringneck English
- rollneck English
- rough English
- rough-hew English
- rough-legged buzzard English
- roughage English
- roughcast English
- roughdrawn English
- roughdry English
- roughen English
- roughhead English
- roughie English
- roughish English
- roughleg English
- roughly English
- roughness English
- roughrider English
- roughriding English
- roughscuff English
- roughshod English
- roughsome English
- roughspun English
- roughstock English
- roughtail English
- roughwork English
- ruffmans English
- scoopneck English
- shitneck English
- snakeneck English
- squareneck English
- stiff neck English
- stiff-necked English
- stiffnecked English
- topneck English
- turtleneck English
- unrough English
- wryneck English
- rof Dutch, Flemish
- ネック Japanese
- ラフ Japanese
- nekke Middle English
- rough Middle English
- rof Afrikaans
- nek Tok Pisin
- neck
- rough
- necker
- necked
- unrough
- neckful
- necklet
- topneck
- wryneck
- midneck
- necktie
- roughie
- roughen
- roughly
- redneck
- roughish
- necklike
- renecked
- rollneck
- neckweed
- longneck
- hindneck
- neckbone
- neckbeef
- bullneck
- ruffmans
- neckmold
- neckyoke
- neckache
- bootneck
- necklock
- crewneck
- neckwear
- roughleg
- nonrough
- neckgear
- cowlneck
- necklace
- neckland
- foreneck
- ringneck
- shitneck
- neckless
- boatneck
- roughdry
- neckroll
- roughage
- neckdown
- neckband
- neckline
- crookneck
- breakneck
- neckplate
- rough-hew
- ring-neck
- roughwork
- roughness
- neckpiece
- neckstrap
- roughhead
- neckbiter
- nanorough
- neckcloth
- scoopneck
- neckbrace
- roughspun
- roughcast
- neckmould
- snakeneck
- roughtail
- roughsome
- polo-neck
- neckbeard
- roughshod
- gooseneck
- roughscuff
- neckwarmer
- turtleneck
- bottleneck
- littleneck
- roughdrawn
- limberneck
- microrough
- neckspring
- macrorough
- stiff neck
- roughrider
- fiddleneck
- roughstock
- halterneck
- pencilneck
- squareneck
- pencil-neck
- stiffnecked
- leatherneck
- roughriding
- neckerchief
- stiff-necked
- neknomination
- red-necked buzzard
- rough-legged buzzard