Overview of noun knock_about

The noun knockabout has 1 sense

• knockabout -- (a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit)

Overview of verb knock_about

The verb knock about has 2 senses

• buffet, knock about, batter -- (strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent")


• kick around, knock about, kick about -- (be around; be alive or active; "Does the old man still kick around?")

Overview of adj knock_about

The adj knockabout has 2 senses

• boisterous, knockabout -- (full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy")


• knockabout -- (suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car")