English to English
knockabout
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adjective (a)
- Marked by knocking about or roughness.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- full of rough and exuberant animal spirits(adj.all)Example:
Knockabout comedy.
source: wordnet30 - suitable for rough use(adj.all)Example:
A knockabout overcoat.
A knockabout old car.
source: wordnet30