knock about

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To hit someone, or behave violently towards them

It was known that he would knock his wife about when he had been drinking.''.

To be in an unknown place

I've got some scissors knocking about somewhere in the kitchen.

an informal game, usually football
to spend time with someone as a friend

I used to knock about with John when we were younger.

To do a relaxing activity

I like to knock about the garden on Saturdays.

strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
see knock around
be around; be alive or active; "Does the old man still kick around?"
Attributive form of knock about

knock-about participant.

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

We sailed our knockabout around Cape Cod.

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Boisterous
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That does odd jobs; said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station
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The next larger type is called a raceabout
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Knockabout comedy is lively and often involves people doing funny things, rather than saying them. He gave one of his best knockabout performances in a long time. knockabout humour involves making fun of someone or something in a rough way, or behaving in a silly way
knockabout
A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty- five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib
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A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs
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a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
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Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither
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All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard
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a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car
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suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
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A knockabout performer or performance
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Marked by knocking about or roughness
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The original type was twenty-one feet in length
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Of noisy and violent character
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full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
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