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knockabout

adjective

knock·​about ˈnäk-ə-ˌbau̇t How to pronounce knockabout (audio)
1
: suitable for rough use
knockabout clothing
2
a
: being noisy and rough : boisterous
knockabout games
b
: characterized by boisterous antics and often extravagant burlesque
knockabout comedy
3
of a sailing vessel : having a simplified rig marked by absence of bowsprit and topmast
a knockabout sloop
knockabout noun

Example Sentences

He lived a knockabout life in the city. a knockabout game of football in the mud
Recent Examples on the Web Though thematically vague, thinly plotted and without a reliably sympathetic soul to cling to, the movie has a mutinous energy and an absurd, knockabout charm; even its violence is more quirky than brutal. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of knockabout was in 1880

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