1. Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
   "knockabout comedy"
   - boisterous 
2. Suitable for rough use
   "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"

1. A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit

1. Strike against forcefully
   - buffet, batter 
2. Be around; be alive or active
   - kick around, kick about

Derived forms: knockabouts, knocked about, knocking about, knocks about

See also: knock, rugged, spirited

Type of: be, exist, sloop, strike

Encyclopedia: Knock about

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