KNOCKABOUT

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

2.
a.

Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang]

3.
a.

Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.

4.
a.

That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]

5.
n.

A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]

6.
n.

A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]