kickabout

English

Etymology

From kick +‎ about.

Noun

kickabout (plural kickabouts)

1. An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107:

     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.

Synonyms

• kickaround

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: pachanga (es) f

See also

• pick-up game