A fork of Rural Dictionary
A thuggish, rough street smart type guy. Heard in New York a lot.
That dude in the timbs and baggy jeans, smoking weed looked like a ruffneck.
A skilled worker on a drilling rig, usually an entry level position.
I was a ruffneck when I stared in the oilfield, but now I am a drilling consultant making $350,000 a year.
One who seeks confrontation without seeking knowledge. A "ruffneck" usually fights dirty and often
Are you down to ride? We bout to pay back some ruffnecks from da club the other night
1) Offshore oil rig worker. Mainly based out of Lousiana.
The roughnecks are coming in for hurricane season.
Any of the various jobs/assignments/persons in relations to offshore oil rigs / mining operations / various assignments with the quality/quantitiy of being unsafe/difficult/physical.
He had been one of Exxon/Mobile's famous ruffnecks, employed in the Bering Sea for twelve years.