Adjective knock about has 2 senses
  1. boisterous, knockabout - full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
    Antonym: spiritless (indirect, via spirited)
  2. knockabout - suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
    Antonym: delicate (indirect, via rugged)
,Noun knock about has 1 sense
  1. knockabout - a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
    --1 is a kind of sloop
,Verb knock about has 2 senses
  1. buffet, knock about, batter - strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
    --1 is one way to strike
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. kick around, knock about, kick about - be around; be alive or active; "Does the old man still kick around?"
    --2 is one way to exist, be
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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