English Explanatory Dictionary

knockabout

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Boisterous
  2. Suitable for rough use.
noun
  1. Clothing suitable for rough use.
  2. A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
  3. A person living in rough, violent conditions.
  4. A tumbler.
  5. A slapstick comedian or comedy.
  6. A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
  7. An act of playing a sport casually or informally.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɒk.əˌbaʊt/ /ˈnɑk.əˌbaʊt/

Word forms

knockabout knockabouts

Etymology

Deverbal from knock about.

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