Found 2 items, similar to knockabout.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: knockabout knockabout adj 1: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; “boisterous practical jokes”; “knockabout comedy” [syn: boisterous] 2: suitable for rough use; “a knockabout overcoat”; “a knockabout old car” n : a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
English → English (gcide) Definition: knockabout knockabout \knock"a*bout`\, a. 1. Marked by knocking about or roughness. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce, pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy. [Theat. Slang] Syn: boisterous, slapstick. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used especially of clothing. Syn: casual, everyday. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]