Knockabout
[nok-uh-bout] /ˈnɒk əˌbaʊt/
noun
1.
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.
2.
something designed or suitable for rough or casual use, as a sturdy jacket, a secondhand car, etc.
3.
a slapstick comedian or comedy.
4.
Australian. an itinerant farm hand or ranch hand; an itinerant handyman.
5.
British Archaic. .
adjective
6.
suitable for rough use, as a garment:
a knockabout jacket and jeans.
7.
characterized by knocking about; rough; boisterous.
8.
slapstick:
knockabout comedy.
9.
shiftless; aimless:
a knockabout kind of person.
adjective
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- Knock cold
see: knock out , def. 1.
- Knock dead
Greatly amuse, astonish, or thrill someone, as in This new song will knock them dead . This slangy hyperbolic expression was first recorded in 1889. Also see knock the socks off
- Knockdown
[nok-doun] /ˈnɒkˌdaʊn/ adjective 1. capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow. 2. constructed in separate parts that can readily be taken apart for easy storage, shipping, etc.: a knockdown toolshed. 3. offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate: first-rate goods at knockdown prices. noun 4. a knockdown object. 5. an […]
- Knock-down
[nok] /nɒk/ verb (used without object) 1. to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering. 2. to strike in collision; bump: He knocked into a table. […]
- Knock-down-drag-out
[nok-doun-drag-out] /ˈnɒkˌdaʊnˈdrægˌaʊt/ adjective 1. marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight. adjective phrase Very violent; unrestrained; all-out: They were having a knock-downdrag-out argument when I got there noun : Seems the neighbors were having a knockdown-drag-out (1827+)