knockabout
Example Sentences
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His adaptation maintains a knockabout, almost farcical pace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It's tremendous knockabout stuff, but it rather overestimates the scale of the challenge Scotland have faced when playing against England in the Townsend era.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
The setup is Preston Sturges-worthy enough to suggest something more knockabout than the charmer in store.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
But Raiff sends Andrew on what turns out to be an unexpected journey that makes its way to its own version of a happy ending with tenderness, warmth and knockabout wit.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022
Like we was old knockabout friends of the streets.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
