knockabout : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knockabout	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for knockabout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knockabout adj full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" Synonym(s): boisterous, knockabout suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car" n a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knockabout \Knock"about`\, n. 1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. 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. 2. A knockabout* performer or performance. [Theat. Slang] 3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knockabout \Knock"a*bout`\, a. 1. Marked by knocking about or roughness. 2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang] 3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither. 4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]