| NOUN | artifact | knockabout | a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | knockabout, boisterous | full of rough and exuberant animal spirits |
| all | knockabout | suitable for rough use |
| Meaning | Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits. | |
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| Example | "knockabout comedy" | |
| Synonym | boisterous | |
| Broader | spirited | Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
| Spanish | alborotador, ruidoso | |
| Meaning | Suitable for rough use. | |
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| Broader | rugged | sturdy / sturdy and strong in constitution or construction |
| Meaning | A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. | |
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| Broader | sloop | A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow |
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