Reverse Dictionary: OIL DRILLING

ADJECTIVES
► DOWN THE CREEK in oil drilling: wasted or lost → 1954 US sl.

INTERJECTIONS
► GASOLINE! in oil drilling: used as a shouted warning that a boss is approaching → 1954 US sl.

NOUNS
► BLUE WHISTLER a producing oil well → 1949 Amer. oil-field workers usage
► BRIGHT SPOT in oil drilling: an area that has indications of a productive field → 1997 US sl.
► GASSER in oil drilling: a well that produces no oil → 1954 US sl.
► GUSHER an oil well that does not have to be pumped
► OCEAN in oil drilling: salt water encountered while drilling → 1954 US sl.
► OILER an oil well → 1890 sl.
► RAINBOW in oil drilling: a very small showing of oil in a hole → 1954 US sl.
► RAM’S PASTURE in oil drilling: non-productive land → 1954 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ATTIC HAND  in oil drilling: a worker who handles the drill pipe → 1954 US sl.
► BOURBON BIBBER an oil worker from Kentucky → 1954 US sl.
► GEAR-JAMMER in the petroleum industry: a driller who is not smooth in his driving of the rig → 1972 US sl.
► JARHEAD an oil field worker → 1942 Amer. sl., derogatory
► LEASE LOUSE a dealer in oil field leases → 1953 US sl.
► RIGGER a person involved in the construction of oil rigs; a person who works on an oil rig → 1920
► ROUGHNECK a labourer on an oil rig, especially a member of a drilling crew → 1917 Amer. dial.
► ROUSTABOUT an oil-rig worker → 1948 sl., orig. US
► STREETWALKER in oil drilling: an operator who does not have an office → 1954 US sl.
► TOWER BIRD in oil drilling: a worker on a derrick → 1954 US sl.
► WORM an inexperienced worker on an oil drilling crew → 1967 Amer. dial.