KNOCKABOUT

add. ·adj of noisy and violent character.

2. knockabout ·add. ·noun a knockabout performer or performance.

3. knockabout ·add. ·adj marked by knocking about or roughness.

4. knockabout ·add. ·noun a man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.

5. knockabout ·add. ·adj that does odd jobs;

— said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station.

6. knockabout ·add. ·adj characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.

7. knockabout ·add. ·noun 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.