1. Suitable for rough use
   "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"
    
2. Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
   "knockabout comedy";
   - boisterous

1. A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
   "They sailed a knockabout along the coast for their summer vacation"

1. Strike against forcefully
   "Winds knocked about the tent";
   - buffet, batter
    
2. Be around; be alive or active
   "Does the old man still knock about?";
   - kick around, kick about [informal]

Derived forms: knocked about, knocks about, knockabouts, knocking about

See also: rugged, spirited

Type of: be, exist, sloop, strike

Encyclopedia: Knockabout