Associations to the word «Knockabout»
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Wiktionary
KNOCKABOUT, adjective. Boisterous
KNOCKABOUT, adjective. Suitable for rough use.
KNOCKABOUT, noun. (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
KNOCKABOUT, noun. (entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
KNOCKABOUT, noun. (circus) A tumbler.
KNOCKABOUT, noun. Clothing suitable for rough use.
KNOCKABOUT, noun. A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
KNOCKABOUT, noun. A person living in rough, violent conditions.
Dictionary definition
KNOCKABOUT, noun. A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit.
KNOCKABOUT, adjective. Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy".
KNOCKABOUT, adjective. Suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.