roughneck
roughneck · roughnecks · roughnecked · roughnecking
To work as a laborer on an oil rigTo work as a laborer on an oil rig.
/ˈɹʌfˌnɛk/
Meaning
1 sensesTo work as a laborer on an oil rig.
Origin
From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".
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Forms
roughnecks, roughnecking, roughnecked, roughnecked| Base form | roughneck · to roughneck |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | roughnecks |
| Present participle | roughnecking |
| Past simple | roughnecked |
| Past participle | roughnecked |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.