Adjective knock about has 2 senses
- boisterous, knockabout - full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"
Antonym: spiritless (indirect, via spirited)
- knockabout - suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
Antonym: delicate (indirect, via rugged)
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Noun knock about has 1 sense
- knockabout - a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
--1 is a kind of sloop
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Verb knock about has 2 senses
- 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
- 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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