knock·a·bout (n k  -bout )adj. 1. Boisterous; rowdy. 2. Appropriate for rough wear or use: a knockabout overcoat. n. A small sloop with a mainsail, jib, and keel but no bowsprit. |
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| Noun | 1. |  knockabout - a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowspritsloop - a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow |
| Adj. | 1. | knockabout - full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
| 2. | knockabout - suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car" rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" |
knockabout
adjective boisterous, riotous, rollicking, rough-and-tumble, rumbustious, rambunctious (informal), harum-scarum, farcical, slapstick It is all good knockabout fun.
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