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TO KNOCK ABOUT

Definition: TO KNOCK ABOUT

TO KNOCK ABOUT

1. To go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] ``Knocking about town.'' --W. Irving.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: TO KNOCK ABOUT

English words defined with "TO KNOCK ABOUT": Pell. (references)

Modern Translation: TO KNOCK ABOUT

Language		Translations for "TO KNOCK ABOUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		léha életet él (to knock around), könnyelmű életet él (to knock around), bolyong (loiter, to knock around, to meander, traipse, wander), összever (beat up, maul, to total). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		痛めつける (to give a good shaking, to rebuke, to taunt), 痛め付ける (to give a good shaking, to rebuke, to taunt). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いためつける (to give a good shaking, to rebuke, to taunt). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay ockknay aboutay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO KNOCK ABOUT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-k-k-n-o-o-o-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: knockabout.
	-4 letters: knockout.
	-5 letters: backout, buttock, cookout, cutbank, outback, outcook.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: TO KNOCK ABOUT

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 4B 4E 4F 43 4B 41 42 4F 55 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001011 01001110 01001111 01000011 01001011 00100000 01000001 01000010 01001111 01010101 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#75 &#78 &#79 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#65 &#66 &#79 &#85 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 004B 004E 004F 0043 004B 0041 0042 004F 0055 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492454849374523536495554

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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