knock around
(alsoknock about
) informal 1 (v + adv) hit, beat TRANSITIVEbuail verb he used to knock us around bhíodh sé dár mbualadh 2 (v + adv) buffet TRANSITIVEtuargain verb basc verb tuairteáil verb the waves were knocking us around bhí na maidhmeanna ár dtuargainthe got knocked around in the crowd bhí sé á thuairteáil thart sa sluaTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) frequent, spend time
INTRANSITIVEbheith i bheith ag crochadh thart he knocked around in London for a while bhí sé tamall ag bodaireacht thart i Londainthey've been knocking around here for years tá siad thart anseo le blianta
TRANSITIVEbheith thart ibheith ag crochadh thart ithey're always knocking around the pubs bíonn siad i gcónaí ag crochadh thart sna tithe ósta
4 (v + adv) spend time with sb INTRANSITIVEwe used to knock about with each other bhímis ag crochadh thart le chéile, bhímis in éineacht le chéile, bhímis i dteannta a chéile 5 (v + adv) be around INTRANSITIVEbheith timpeall bheith thart there's a guitar knocking around there somewhere tá giotár thart ansin áit éigin 6 (v + adv) discuss informally, exchange TRANSITIVEpléigh verb scansáil verb we were knocking around some ideas bhíomar ag cur agus ag cúiteamh, bhíomar ag plé smaointe éagsúla → féach knock