Meaning Of The Word Knockabout

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knockabout
Knockabout comedy is lively and often involves people doing funny things, rather than saying them.

knockabout in American English
a small, single-masted sailing vessel with a mainsail and jib, but no bowsprit
rough; noisy; boisterous
adjective: suitable for rough use, as a garment
noun: any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop

knockabout in British English
adjective: lively, boisterous, and often involving people doing funny things rather than saying them
noun: a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, without a bowsprit and with a single jib

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