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kickabout

kickabout noun: an informal amateur game of football/soccer.

Noun

kickabout (plural kickabouts)

  1. An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
    • Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107
    Synonyms:
    kickaround

Synonyms of kickabout

Forms of kickabout

pluralkickabouts

Origin of kickabout

From kick + about.

Questions about kickabout

What does kickabout mean?
Kickabout means an informal amateur game of football/soccer.
What part of speech is kickabout?
Kickabout is a noun.
What is the plural of kickabout?
The plural of kickabout is kickabouts.

Words near kickabout in the dictionary

  1. kick-to-kick
  2. kick-to-kicks
  3. Kickabil
  4. kickability
  5. kickable
  6. kickabout
  7. kickabouts
  8. Kickapoo
  9. Kickapoos
  10. kickaround
  11. kickarounds

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