Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of knockabout.
1 more example
Now they’re both correct. Mr. Penn has joined the cast of “The Three Stooges,” a new MGM comedy based on the vintage film shorts of that knockaround trio, Variety reported. Mr. Penn, who recently won his second Academy Award, for playing the title role in Gus Van Sant’s “Milk,” is set to play Larry, the wire-haired, violin-wielding Stooge.
2009 March 26, “Nyuk Nyuk Huh? Sean Penn Joins ‘Three Stooges’ Movie”, in New York TimesSynonyms: knockabout
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of knockabout.
Origin
Deverbal from knock around.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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