roughneck meaning in Malayalam
തെമ്മാടി
/ˈɹʌfˌnɛk/
roughneck in Malayalam: തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി. In English, roughneck means a labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
Malayalam words for roughneck
- ruffian, lout, thug
- തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി, തിമിരൻ, ഘാതകൻ
English meaning of roughneck
- noun A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
- noun A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
- noun Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
- verb To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
Synonyms of roughneck
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Questions about roughneck in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of roughneck in Malayalam?
- Roughneck in Malayalam is തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി.
- roughneck എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Roughneck: തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി.
- What does roughneck mean in English?
- Roughneck means a labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
Source and license
Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: roughneck (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: roughneck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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