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Definition of 'sport'Noun
(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
* Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport ; she laughed at the loser.
* The loser was a good sport , and congratulated Jen on her performance.
(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
* You're such a sport ! You never get upset when we tease you.
(obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
* Shakespeare
- Think it but a minute spent in sport .
* Sir Philip Sidney
- Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
* Hey Diddle Diddle
- The little dog laughed to see such sport , and the dish ran away with the spoon.
(obsolete) Mockery; derision.
* Shakespeare
- Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.
(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
* Dryden
- flitting leaves, the sport of every wind
* John Clarke
- Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.
(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
(biology|botany|zoology|countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
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(slang|countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
(slang|countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
(obsolete|uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
* Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike.
(informal|usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
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(obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
* Broome
- An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause.
Derived terms
( top2)
* air sport
* blood sport
* combat sport
* contact sport
* cue sport
* extreme sport
* flying sport
* good sport
* individual sport
* mind sport
* motorsport
( mid2)
* old sport
* poor sport
* professional sport
* spectator sport
* spoilsport
* sportsman
* sportsmanship
* sport jacket
* sport stacking
* sport utility vehicle
* team sport
* watersport
* wheelchair sport
* winter sport
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Verb
( en-verb)
To amuse oneself, to play.
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To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
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* Tillotson
- He sports with his own life.
To display; to have as a notable feature.
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(reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
* Bible, Isa. lvii. 4
- Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
To represent by any kind of play.
* (John Dryden)
- Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- (Darwin)
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