knockabout
IPA: nˈɑkʌbˈaʊt
noun
- Clothing suitable for rough use.
- A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
- A person living in rough, violent conditions.
- (circus) A tumbler.
- (entertainment) A slapstick comedian or comedy.
- (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
- (sports, informal) An act of playing a sport casually or informally.
adjective
- Boisterous
- Suitable for rough use.
knock about
IPA: nˈɑkʌbˈaʊt
verb
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- (intransitive)
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
Advertisement
Examples of "knockabout" in Sentences
Related Links
synonyms for knockaboutAdvertisement
Advertisement