adjective. Boisterous; rowdy.

adjective. Appropriate for rough wear or use.

noun. A small sloop with a mainsail, jib, and keel but no bowsprit.

Noting something which knocks (other things) about; rough; buffeting; boisterous: as, a knockabout game of foot-ball.

Accustomed to knock about or to be knocked about: as, a knockabout globe-trotter; suitable to be knocked about in: as, a knockabout coat.

Noisy; full of horse-play: as, a knockabout entertainment; knockabout business.

In Australia, applied to a jack of all trades on a station.

noun. A traveler; one who has knocked about.

noun. A performer in a knockabout playorsketch;the sketch itself.

noun. In Australia, a hand on a station who does a little of everything.

noun. A small sailing-yacht of light construction and simple sail rig, the latter consisting of a mainsail and a jib bent on a stay that is set up on the stem of the boat. These boats, as a rule, are flat-bottomed, with a fin-keel, and can be handled very quickly, going from one tack to another without apparently losing speed. Some knockabouts are provided with a center-board instead of a fin, for use in shallow waters.

noun. A small launch.

noun. A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. 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.

noun. A knockabout performer or performance.

noun. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.

adjective. Marked by knocking about or roughness.

adjective. Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce, pratfalls, and horseplay.

adjective. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used especially of clothing.

adjective. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station.

adjective. Boisterous

adjective. Suitable for rough use.

noun. A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area

noun. A slapstick comedy or comedian.

noun. A tumbler.

noun. Clothing suitable for rough use.

noun. Workers habitually engaged in casual employment.

noun. People living in rough, violent conditions.

adjective. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

noun. a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit

adjective. suitable for rough use

verb. be around; be alive or active

verb. strike against forcefully

"Sir Alex Ferguson's side a real end of term knockabout feel and even less incentive for the neutral to tune in tonight."

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