Definitions for "Roustabout"
A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.
a worker on an offshore rig who handles the equipment and supplies that are sent to the rig form the shore base. The head roustabout is very often the crane operator. a worker who assists the foreman in the general work around a producing oilwell, usually on the property of the oil company. A helper on a well servicing unit.
a circus workman, laborer
Roustabout is a 1964 musical movie starring Elvis Presley.
A semi-skilled hand who looks after producing wells and production facilities.