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Verb
/ˈrəfˌnek/,
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roughnecks, plural;
  1. Work on an oil rig
    • - his savings from roughnecking are gone
Noun
  1. A rough and uncouth person

  2. An oil rig worker

  1. bully: a cruel and brutal fellow
  2. Roughneck (or ruffneck) is a slang term for an unskilled or slightly-skilled labourer. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with oil rigs. ...
  3. (Roughnecks (TV series)) Roughnecks was a BBC television series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on oil rigs in the North Sea.
  4. Any labourer on an oil rig; A rowdy or uncouth person; To work as a laborer on an oil rig
  5. Drill crew members who work on the derrick floor, screwing together the sections of drillpipe when running or pulling a drillstring
  6. A floor hand in an oil-drilling operation. These workers used to have a reputation for rowdiness.
  7. can refer to anyone on the rig other than the driller. A Roughneck's duties include general tasks involved with connecting or disconnecting pipe. It's also a really cool thing to put on your Facebook page.
  8. Any member of an oilrig crew other than the driller.
  9. Workers who maintain and operate a drill rig; usually unskilled or semi-skilled manual laborers with salaries ranging from $27,000 to $54,000. They usually work 12-hour shifts, and can be away from home for as many as six months at a time.
  10. One of the two or three field-hands on the derrick floor during drilling operations, whose job revolves around breaking out the drill pipe, making connections, and stacking drill pipe. It is a tough, physically demanding, and very dangerous job.
  11. A 540 in which you grab around your to the same leg in the opposite direction you are rotating. Ie- Spinning counter clockwise you reach with your left arm around in front of you to grab your left skate.
  12. Industry slang for a well floor hand.
  13. A worker on a drilling rig.