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.
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