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knockabout.

Boisterous

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈnɒk.əˌbaʊt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈnɑk.əˌbaʊt/General-American

  1. Boisterous

    not-comparable

  2. Suitable for rough use.

    not-comparable
    I have a knockabout cello for non-concert gigs.
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from knock about.

noun/ˈnɒk.əˌbaʊt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈnɑk.əˌbaʊt/General-American

  1. Clothing suitable for rough use.

  2. A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.

  3. A person living in rough, violent conditions.

  4. A tumbler.

  5. A slapstick comedian or comedy.

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

    We sailed our knockabout around Cape Cod.

  7. An act of playing a sport casually or informally.

    informal
    The kids had a knockabout with a football in the backyard.
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from knock about.

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