knockabout
/ˈnɑk.əˌbaʊt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.77 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
noun
noun
A tumbler.
Example Sentences
- "I like the way Ana Sophia Scheller — replacing the injured Ashley Bouder — doesn’t exaggerate the ballet’s second lead woman, but Ms. Bouder’s blend of knockabout comedy and physical brilliance is missed."
- "I have a knockabout cello for non-concert gigs."
- "We'd had a couple of knockabouts to help with the cooking and stockyard work. They were paid by the job. They were to stay at the camp for a week, to burn the gunyahs, knock down the yard, and blind the track as much as they could."
- "It will prevent these shops from keeping these girls and using them as messengers or "knockabouts" for twelve months, and then discharging them and getting another batch in their place, which is sometimes done"
- "From what she knew, they were humble people on both sides, farmers and handymen and knockabouts who followed the crops and their best chances state to state. Some worked in the quarries. Some worked in the mills."
- "They denounced the peasant's passions as animal lusts and complained that vagabonds and knockabouts were "generally given to horrible uncleanness. They have not particular w1ves, neither do they range themselves into families, but consort together as beasts."
Etymology
Deverbal from knock about.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɑk.əˌbaʊt/
- British English: /ˈnɒk.əˌbaʊt/