Lexic.us

Definition of Knockabout

1. Adjective. Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits. "Knockabout comedy"

2. Noun. A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit.

3. Adjective. Suitable for rough use. "A knockabout old car"

Definition of Knockabout

1. n. A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty- five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.

2. a. Marked by knocking about or roughness.

Definition of Knockabout

1. Adjective. Boisterous ¹

2. Adjective. Suitable for rough use. ¹

3. Noun. (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area ¹

4. Noun. (context: entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian. ¹

5. Noun. (context: circus) A tumbler. ¹

6. Noun. Clothing suitable for rough use. ¹

7. Noun. Workers habitually engaged in casual employment. ¹

8. Noun. People living in rough, violent conditions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knockabout

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knockabout

knock off knock off someone's block knock on knock on wood knock out knock out of the box knock over knock rummy knock someone's block off knock someone's socks off

knock someone off his perch knock the living daylights out of knock together knock up knockabout (current term) knockabouts knockback knockbacks knockdown knockdown-dragout

knockdowns knocked knocked-out(a) knocked about knocked around knocked down knocked out(p) knocked up knocker

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