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knockabout
(encz) | knockabout,divoký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knockabout
(encz) | knockabout,dovádivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knockabout
(encz) | knockabout,fraškovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knockabout
(encz) | knockabout,ztřeštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knockabout
(gcide) | knockabout \knock"a*bout`\, a.
1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce,
pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy. [Theat.
Slang]
Syn: boisterous, slapstick.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or
traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for
use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used
especially of clothing.
Syn: casual, everyday.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or
laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Knockabout
(gcide) | Knockabout \Knock"a*bout`\, n.
1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to
twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a
sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All
knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard.
The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next
larger type is called a raceabout.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq.,
Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
knockabout
(wn) | knockabout
adj 1: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous
practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: boisterous,
knockabout]
2: suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a
knockabout old car"
n 1: a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit |
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boisterous knockabout slapstick
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Knockabout
(gcide) | knockabout \knock"a*bout`\, a.
1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce,
pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy. [Theat.
Slang]
Syn: boisterous, slapstick.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or
traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for
use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used
especially of clothing.
Syn: casual, everyday.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or
laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Knockabout \Knock"a*bout`\, n.
1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to
twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a
sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All
knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard.
The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next
larger type is called a raceabout.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq.,
Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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