knockabout
adjective/ˈnɒkəbaʊt/
/ˈnɑːkəbaʊt/
[usually before noun] (British English)- knockabout entertainment involves people acting in a deliberately silly way, for example falling over or hitting other people, in order to make the audience laugh synonym slapstick
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