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Meaning of KNOCKABOUT

Pronunciation:  'nâku`bawt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
  2. [adj]  suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
  3. [adj]  full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
 
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 Synonyms: boisterous, rugged, spirited
 
 See Also: sloop

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Knock"a*bout`\, n.
    1. (Naut.) 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 knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
    3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq.,
       Australia]
    
  2. \Knock"a*bout`\, a.
    1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
    2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang]
    3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or
       traveling or wandering hither and thither.
    4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or
       laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]
    
 

 

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