roughneck

Meaning

Noun

1. (colloquial) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
2. (colloquial) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
3. (colloquial) A labourer on an oil rig.

Verb

To work as a laborer on an oil rig.

Synonyms

rowdy

tough

hooligan

rascal

yobbo

rough

roughhouse

bully

yobo

hoodlum

ruffian

yob

native

rat

🐀

aborigines

rube

rude

scallywag

scoundrel

scullion

swine

troublemaker

vagabond

vulgar

yahoo

yokel

shameless person

chutzpanik

roustabout

blowhard

bounder

churl

churlish

clownish

coarse

conger eel

crude

eel

hick

lout

Etymology

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