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roughnecking

roughnecking is the present participle and gerund of roughneck.

Meaning of roughneck

Verb

roughneck (third-person singular simple present roughnecks, present participle roughnecking, simple past and past participle roughnecked)

  1. To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
    • There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for roughnecking on the North Slope […]2009 January 13, Michael Brick, “Racing's Last Frontier”, in New York Times

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Questions about roughnecking

What is roughnecking the present participle and gerund of?
Roughnecking is the present participle and gerund of roughneck.

Words near roughnecking in the dictionary

  1. roughliest
  2. roughly
  3. roughly speaking
  4. roughneck
  5. roughnecked
  6. roughnecking
  7. roughnecks
  8. roughness
  9. roughness length
  10. roughness lengths
  11. roughnesses

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