Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

redneck

/ˈɹɛdnɛk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
red-neck
IPA
/ˈɹɛdnɛk/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

American usage; Derogatory; Offensive; Slang

noun

yokel, hick, country bumpkin

Derogatory

noun

Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.

American usage; Slang

noun

A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.

American usage; Slang

noun

A Roman Catholic.

British usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rednecks (plural)

Derived Forms

blackneck Fredneck leftneck redneckery redneckese redneckian redneckification redneckish redneckism redneckitis rednecky

Phrases

redneck hot tub redneck jacuzzi

Synonyms

bogan cracker hick hillbilly peckerwood white trash adlay bam Barry boy bazza benny bopper

Questions

How do you pronounce redneck?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛdnɛk/.
What does redneck mean?
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.
Where does redneck come from?
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.

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