Despite the manager's warnings, the workers kept roughnecking near the fragile equipment, risking damage and injury.

They roughnecked the old truck until its engine gave out.

Everyone warned her about Jake, calling him a roughneck who liked to start trouble at the bar.

After finishing high school, he decided to roughneck on the offshore rig for two years to save money.

The roughnecks loaded the heavy crates onto the truck before dawn.