ALL meanings of knockabout
knock·a·bout
K k - noun knockabout Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop. 1
- noun knockabout something designed or suitable for rough or casual use, as a sturdy jacket, a secondhand car, etc. 1
- noun knockabout a slapstick comedian or comedy. 1
- noun knockabout Australian. an itinerant farm hand or ranch hand; an itinerant handyman. 1
- noun knockabout British Archaic. wanderer. 1
- adjective knockabout suitable for rough use, as a garment: a knockabout jacket and jeans. 1
- adjective knockabout characterized by knocking about; rough; boisterous. 1
- adjective knockabout slapstick: knockabout comedy. 1
- adjective knockabout shiftless; aimless: a knockabout kind of person. 1
- noun knockabout Denoting a rough, slapstick comic performance. 1
- noun knockabout slapstick, physical comedy 1
- adjective knockabout slapstick 1
- adjective knockabout Knockabout comedy is lively and often involves people doing funny things, rather than saying them. 0
- adjective knockabout lively, boisterous, and often involving people doing funny things rather than saying them 0
- noun knockabout a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, without a bowsprit and with a single jib 0
- noun knockabout a small, single-masted sailing vessel with a mainsail and jib, but no bowsprit 0
- noun knockabout something suitable for knockabout use 0
- adjective knockabout rough; noisy; boisterous 0
- adjective knockabout made or suitable for knocking about or rough use 0