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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUSTABOUT

roustabout  [ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUSTABOUT

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roustabout is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROUSTABOUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

roustabout

Roustabout

An oil "roustabout" refers to a worker who maintains all things in the oil field. He or she sets up oil well "heads," oil lead lines connected to stock tanks. Roustabouts will maintain saltwater disposal pumps, lease roads, lease mowing, create dykes around tank batteries on a lease, etc. An oil roustabout has no limits in the oil industry and can, and will do any and all oil field work, including roughneck drilling, oil well completion and well service, and even chemical work. An oil field roustabout will also do all things that an oil field "pumper" would have to do. "Roustabout" is also an official classification of natural gas and oil rig personnel. Roustabouts working in oil fields typically perform various jobs requiring little training. However, they frequently turn out to be long-term employees and take on more difficult and sometimes dangerous jobs as they gain experience. Most go on to at least become “roughnecks” if they work for the rig company for more than a few months. An early 2010 survey by Careercast.

Definition of roustabout in the English dictionary

The definition of roustabout in the dictionary is an unskilled labourer on an oil rig. Other definition of roustabout is a labourer in a circus or fairground.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROUSTABOUT


about
əˈbaʊt
bout
baʊt
gadabout
ˈɡædəˌbaʊt
hereabout
ˈhɪərəˌbaʊt
kickabout
ˈkɪkəˌbaʊt
knockabout
ˈnɒkəˌbaʊt
layabout
ˈleɪəˌbaʊt
roundabout
ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt
rouseabout
ˈraʊsəˌbaʊt
runabout
ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt
stirabout
ˈstɜːrəˌbaʊt
thenabout
ˈðenəˌbaʊt
thereabout
ˌðɛərəˈbaʊt
turnabout
ˈtɜːnəˌbaʊt
walkabout
ˈwɔːkəˌbaʊt
whereabout
ˌwɛərəˈbaʊt
whirlabout
ˈwɜːləˌbaʊt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUSTABOUT

rousant
rouse
rouse oneself
rouseabout
rousedness
rousement
rouser
rousing
rousingly
Rousseau
Rousseff
roussette
Roussillon
roust
rouster
rout
route
route map
route one
route planner

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUSTABOUT

bring about
cast about
come about
fuck about
get about
go about
hang about
just about
kick about
know what one is talking about
make no bones about
marabout
nothing to write home about
out and about
right about
round about
see about
set about
talk about
time about
what about

Synonyms and antonyms of roustabout in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roustabout» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUSTABOUT

Find out the translation of roustabout to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roustabout from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roustabout» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

码头工人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roustabout
570 millions of speakers

English

roustabout
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रमिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حمال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Разнорабочий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lojista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডকশ্রমিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

débardeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Roustabout
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

roustabout
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

青春カーニバル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부두의 인부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roustabout
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phu dở hàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roustabout
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रौस्टबॉउट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gemi işçisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roustabout
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

різноробочий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

docher
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

roustabout
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hulp personeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

roustabout
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dekksarbeideren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roustabout

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUSTABOUT»

The term «roustabout» is normally little used and occupies the 117.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUSTABOUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «roustabout» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «roustabout» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roustabout

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUSTABOUT»

Discover the use of roustabout in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roustabout and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Roustabout: A Fiction
Coming of age in the harsh and colorful life of the circus, Mat finds contradictory love and support from her circus family members, including a maternal costume mistress and a homosexual cook
Michelle Chalfoun, 1997
2
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Roustabout II A deckhand or waterfront worker; a jack-of-all-trades. (YO-53: t. 217 ; l. 221'; b 36'; dr. 17'; s. unk. (600 hp.); cpl. unk.; a. 1 3", 2 mg.) Roustabout was built during the period from 1923 to 1925 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., San ...
James L. Mooney, 1976
3
How to Land a Top-Paying Roustabout Pushers Job: Your ...
This book covers everything. Whether you are trying to get your first Roustabout pushers Job or move up in the system, get this book.
Donald Mcfadden, 2012
4
Chinook Roustabout Service, Inc.
Contains orders, notices of public hearings, findings of fact, conclusions of law and order for the cases of Chinook Roustabout Service, Inc., Watford City, North Dakota before the North Dakota Public Service Commission.
North Dakota Public Service Commission, 1978
5
Career Opportunities in the Energy Industry
Duties: Roughneck: Responsible for the operation of equipment and machines in the drilling operation as required by the driller; Roustabout: Responsible for general labor tasks, maintenance, and construction work at oil fields and on offshore ...
Allan Taylor, James Robert Parish, 2008
6
Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader
Late in the evening, she is sitting in the hotel saloon with an actor escort, the writer, and a roustabout from the film company. Bambi is a sleek sloop of a girl with an ozone-charged voice and an original face. The writer takes her for an actress ...
Grover Lewis, Jan Reid, W. K. Stratton, 2005
7
Groping toward Democracy: African American Social Welfare ...
To grasp the implications of this assertion one must understand something of the role and the image of the African American roustabout during the steamboat era, and how he was considered both among his fellow river men and within the ...
Priscilla A. Dowden-White, 2011
8
Elvis Presley: Silver Screen Icon
Silver Screen Icon Steve Templeton. ROUSTABOUT The end of 1 964 featured one of Elvis's better movies, the Hal Walhs production Roustabout. This musical drama, originally titled Right this Way Fol^s, partners Elvis with Barbara Stanwyck , ...
Steve Templeton, 2002
9
Roustabout's
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Roustabout, 2009
10
Billboard
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUSTABOUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roustabout is used in the context of the following news items.
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In Pennsylvania, Employment Booms Amid Oil And Natural Gas Bust
More than 100 students have completed the roustabout training, according to the college, and 98 percent landed jobs right away at an average rate of $16.15 ... «Texas Public Radio, Apr 15»
2
Comedian Kurt Braunohler brings Roustabout Tour to the Saint
But comedian Kurt Braunohler wouldn't have it any other way for his current Roustabout Tour, which hits the bar on Main Street in Asbury Park on Sunday night. «Asbury Park Press, Mar 15»
3
Kurt Braunohler Talks 'Roustabout,' Stand-Up & Goats On 'Too Long …
On the 13th episode of "Too Long; Didn't Listen," Braunohler discusses the nine-part Comedy Central digital series, "Roustabout," a week-long Jet Skiing ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
4
Kurt Braunohler jet-skied from Chicago to New Orleans for charity …
Comedian Kurt Braunohler's Comedy Central web series Roustabout just wrapped up its first (perhaps only?) season. The show had a very original and ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Feb 15»
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Comedy Central, CC:Studios enlist Idiotsitter, Roustabout, Matt …
Roustabout with Kurt Braunohler stars comedian Kurt Braunohler on his seven-city jet ski tour/mission. He rides around from Chicago to New Orleans to raise ... «Laughspin, Jan 15»
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Kurt Braunohler jet skis for charity in exclusive 'Roustabout' trailer
In this exclusive trailer for the web series Roustabout from Comedy Central's CC:Studios, comedian Kurt Braunohler is jet skiing from Chicago to New Orleans in ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jan 15»
7
All-Around Roustabout stops east Greeley building project
All-Around Roustabout has pulled the plug for now on a $12 million project in east Greeley after costs escalated so much on the project that it was unaffordable. «Greeley Tribune, Oct 14»
8
Roustabout roadies
Amy Provstgaard, left, talks about her life as an oil-field wife and worker while her daughter Melissa Cook, 9, plays on the living room floor with her half-brother ... «The Durango Herald, Jul 14»
9
Kurt Braunohler's Roustabout Gets a Trailer and One Final Push for …
Comedy Central filmed the whole thing for the new webseries Roustabout that premieres this month, but they're only at about half of their fundraising goal. «The Mary Sue, Jul 14»
10
$80K worth of oil stolen in Dunn County
KILLDEER, N.D. - A Dunn County roustabout service is estimating that $80,000 worth of crude oil was stolen from tanks it maintains at two well sites north of ... «In-Forum, Jul 14»

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