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knockabout |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knockabout \Knock"a*bout`\, 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] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knockabout adj 1: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: {boisterous}] 2: suitable for rough use "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car" n : a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
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