Knockabout

·add. ·adj Of noisy and violent character.

II. Knockabout ·add. ·noun A knockabout performer or performance.

III. Knockabout ·add. ·adj Marked by knocking about or roughness.

IV. Knockabout ·add. ·noun A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.

V. Knockabout ·add. ·adj That does odd jobs;

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

VI. Knockabout ·add. ·adj Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.

VII. 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.