释义
[ nok -uh -bout ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈnɒk əˌbaʊt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Nautical . any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
something designed or suitable for rough or casual use, as a sturdy jacket, a secondhand car, etc.
a slapstick comedian or comedy.
Australian . an itinerant farm hand or ranch hand; an itinerant handyman.
British Archaic . wanderer.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective suitable for rough use, as a garment: a knockabout jacket and jeans.
characterized by knocking about; rough; boisterous.
slapstick: knockabout comedy.
shiftless; aimless: a knockabout kind of person.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of knockabout First recorded in 1875–80; noun, adj. use of verb phrase knock about
Words nearby knockabout knobhead, knobkerrie, knob latch, knob lock, knock, knockabout , knock back, knock cold, knock dead, knockdown, knock-down-drag-out
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Example sentences from the Web for knockabout She kept the jeans on for her knockabout , but changed her heels for sneakers and slipped into a grey team GB fleece.
Jolly Hockey Sticks, Kate! | Tom Sykes| March 15, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Having settled myself, or my property rather, I put on my knockabout clothes and went out for a walk.
The People of the Abyss | Jack London
I suppose a knockabout like myself gets all the taste for the fine arts knocked out of him.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram Mitford
The two best rigs for this class of boat are the cat and knockabout .
On Yachts and Yacht Handling | Thomas Fleming Day
Nothing in the theatre is staler than the situation of husband, wife and lover, or the fun of knockabout farce.
How He Lied to Her Husband | George Bernard Shaw
There was no knockabout business; nobody entered the room with a somersault, tripped over a pin or hung his hat on the scenery.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for knockabout verb (intr, adverb) to wander about aimlessly
(intr, preposition) to travel about, esp as resulting in varied or exotic experience he's knocked about the world a bit
(intr, adverb foll by with ) to associate to knock about with a gang
(tr, adverb) to treat brutally he knocks his wife about
(tr, adverb) to consider or discuss informally to knock an idea about
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun knockabout a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, without a bowsprit and with a single jib
adjective knockabout rough; boisterous knockabout farce
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Idioms and Phrases with knockabout 1 Be rough or brutal with, maltreat, as in He was known to knock his wife about on a regular basis . [c. 1800]
2 Wander from place to place, as in They were knocking around Europe all summer . [Colloquial ; c. 1830]
3 Discuss or consider, as in They met to knock about some new ideas . [Mid-1900s] Also see kick around.
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Words related to knockabout tough, rowdy, raw, crude, rough-and-tumble, mean, coarse, crass, hard, nasty, rugged, strenuous, unpolished, unrefined