knockabout

İngilizce - Türkçe

knockabout teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı: sapasağlam; dayanıklı/gürültülü; kaba ve dayanıklı; kaba ve dayanıklı iki yelkenli hafif; gürültülü; her işe gelir

İngilizce - İngilizce

knockabout teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
We sailed our knockabout around Cape Cod.; Boisterous; That does odd jobs; said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station; The next larger type is called a raceabout; Knockabout comedy is lively and often involves people doing funny things, rather than saying them. He gave one of his best knockabout performances in a long time. knockabout humour involves making fun of someone or something in a rough way, or behaving in a silly way; A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty- five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit; Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car; suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"; A knockabout performer or performance; Marked by knocking about or roughness; The original type was twenty-one feet in length; Of noisy and violent character; full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"