English Explanatory Dictionary

redneck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. yokel, hick, country bumpkin
  3. Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
  4. A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
  5. A Roman Catholic.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛdnɛk/ En-au-redneck.ogg

Word forms

redneck rednecks

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

bogan cracker hick hillbilly peckerwood white trash adlay bam Barry boy bazza benny bopper brush charva charver chav dobber dresser dumbo eshay gazza gippo herbert hood rat kev knacker mev ned nob ocker pikey pleb poor white trash prole puffy radgie redneck roadman rudeboy rudie scally scanger schemie scobe scoundrel scratter scrote scrub scrubber scuffer scumbag scunner scutter sham skanger skeet smackhead smick snoopy spide

Derived words

blackneck Fredneck leftneck redneckery redneckese redneckian redneckification redneckish redneckism redneckitis rednecky
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