knock about

1. 1.

   strike against forcefully

   “Winds buffeted the tent”

   Synonymsbuffetbatter

   Broaderstrike
2. 2.

   be around; be alive or active

   “Does the old man still kick around?”

   Synonymskick aroundkick about

   Broaderexist

Questions about knock about

What does knock about mean?

knock about means "strike against forcefully". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for knock about?

Close synonyms include buffet, batter, kick around, kick about. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is knock about a common word?

knock about is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.