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redneck

/ˈɹɛdnɛk/

redneck noun: a poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.

Noun

redneck (plural rednecks)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
  2. (broadly, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin
    • Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check1989, “Fight the Power”, in Fear of a Black Planet, performed by Public Enemy
  3. (US, historical, slang) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
  4. (US, historical, slang) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
  5. (UK, archaic, slur, 19th and 20th centuries) A Roman Catholic.

redneck meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada

redneck in Tamil

ரெட்நெக், ரெட்னெக்

redneck in Urdu

ریڈنیک

redneck in Telugu

రెడనెక్

redneck in Kannada

ರೆಡನೆಕ್, ರೆಡ್ನೆಕ್
More languagesFewer languages
redneck in Punjabi
ਰੈੱਡਨੈੱਕ, ਰੈੱਡਨੇਕ
redneck in Gujarati
રેડનેક
redneck in Nepali
रेडनेक

Synonyms of redneck

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Forms of redneck

pluralrednecks

Origin of redneck

Bahuvrīhi compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields.

Words formed from redneck

Phrases with redneck

Questions about redneck

What does redneck mean?
Redneck means a poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
What is redneck in Tamil?
Redneck in Tamil is ரெட்நெக், ரெட்னெக். See Redneck meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is redneck?
Redneck is a noun.
How do you pronounce redneck?
Redneck is pronounced /ˈɹɛdnɛk/.
What is the plural of redneck?
The plural of redneck is rednecks.

Words near redneck in the dictionary

  1. Redmondites
  2. Redmonds
  3. Redmondses
  4. redmouth
  5. Rednal
  6. redneck
  7. redneck hot tub
  8. redneck hot tubs
  9. redneck jacuzzi
  10. redneck jacuzzis
  11. rednecked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: redneck (page history and authors); redneck (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redneck (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redneck (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redneck (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redneck (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redneck (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redneck (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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