: having the characteristics of or suitable for a roughneck
Examples of roughneck in a Sentence
Noun
a town overrun by roughnecks
a group of roughnecks like to hang out at the roadhouse and harass people
Adjective
their roughneck antics were amusing only if you were as drunk as they were
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Zeus did not approve of his daughter fooling around with this mortal roughneck hunter and put out a hit on Orion.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
The show seems organically suited for a more action comedy take, given Hooker’s old style and often roughneck crime fighting style, which seemed out of place in a more woke world.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The show focuses on roughnecks and billionaires in West Texas who are trying to get rich as the oil industry continues to take over the state.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Zeus did not approve of his daughter fooling around with this mortal roughneck hunter and put out a hit on Orion.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Zeus did not approve of his daughter fooling around with this mortal roughneck hunter and put out a hit on Orion.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
The show seems organically suited for a more action comedy take, given Hooker’s old style and often roughneck crime fighting style, which seemed out of place in a more woke world.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Roughneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughneck. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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