KNOCKABOUT

Knockabout

Knockabout is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Sammo Hung and starring Hung and Yuen Biao.

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knock about

Noun

  1. an informal game, usually football

Verb

(informal)
  1. to spend time with someone as a friend
    I used to knock about with John when we were younger.
  2. To do a relaxing activity.
    I like to knock about the garden on Saturdays.
  3. To be in an unknown place.
    I've got some scissors knocking about somewhere in the kitchen.
  4. To hit someone, or behave violently towards them.
    It was known that he would knock his wife about when he had been drinking.''


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knockabout

Noun

  1. A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
    We sailed our knockabout around Cape Cod.
  2. A slapstick comedy or comedian.
  3. A tumbler.
  4. Clothing suitable for rough use.
  5. Workers habitually engaged in casual employment.
  6. People living in rough, violent conditions.

Adjective

  1. Boisterous
  2. Suitable for rough use.
    I have a knockabout cello for non-concert gigs.


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