KNOCKABOUT

knockabout

(adjective) suitable for rough use; “a knockabout overcoat”; “a knockabout old car”

boisterous, knockabout

(adjective) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; “boisterous practical jokes”; “knockabout comedy”

knockabout

(noun) a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

knockabout (not comparable)

Boisterous

Suitable for rough use.

Noun

knockabout (plural knockabouts)

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

(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.

(circus) A tumbler.

Clothing suitable for rough use.

A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.

A person living in rough, violent conditions.

Source: Wiktionary

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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]

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]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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