Synonyms for Knockabout
Definition of knockabout
adjective
- full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
- suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
noun
- a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
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