English-Thai Dictionary
knockabout
N เรือใบ ลำ เล็กๆ ruea-bai-lam-lek-lek
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
KNOCKABOUT
KNOCKABOUT Knock "a *bout `, a.
1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang ]
3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.
4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia ]
KNOCKABOUT
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. 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.
2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang ]
3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq. , Australia ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
knockabout
knock a bout |ˈnäkəˌbout ˈnɑkəˌbaʊt | ▶adjective 1 denoting a rough, slapstick comic performance. 2 (of clothes ) suitable for rough use. ▶noun 1 a rough, slapstick comic performance. 2 a tramp or vagrant. 3 a small yacht or dinghy.
Oxford Dictionary
knockabout
knock |about |ˈnɒkəbaʊt | ▶adjective 1 denoting rough, slapstick comedy. 2 (of clothes ) suitable for rough use. ▶noun 1 a rough, slapstick comic performance. 2 US a tramp. 3 Austral. /NZ a farm or station handyman. 4 N. Amer. a small yacht or dinghy.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
knockabout
kn ó ck ab ò ut 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 ｟主に英 ｠どたばた演技で笑わす 〈喜劇 芸人など 〉.2 過酷な使用に適した 〈服 車など 〉.3 ｟豪 ｠(農場 牧場の )雑役の ; 雑役夫の .名詞 1 C ｟豪 ｠(農場 牧場の )雑役夫 .2 C ｟米 ｠ノッカバウ 〘1本マストのヨットの総称 〙.3 C 荒仕事用のもの 〘仕事着 車など 〙.4 U どたばた喜劇 ; C どたばた喜劇の俳優 .
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