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Sport

//spɔːt// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

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Acronym of Strategic Partnership On REACH Testing. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Noun

1
Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. countable, uncountable
"Basketball is her favorite sport, and she also enjoys various other sports as well."
2
the occupation of athletes who compete for pay wordnet
3
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. countable
"Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser."
4
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition wordnet
5
Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport. countable
"You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you."

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verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) wordnet
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Something fun, pastime; amusement. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Think it but a minute spent in sport."
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(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration wordnet
9
Mockery, making fun; derision. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt"
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someone who engages in sports wordnet
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A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. countable
"flitting leaves, the sport of every wind"
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a person known for the way they behave when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances wordnet
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Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing. uncountable
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(Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine wordnet
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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. countable
"We never shot another like it, so I do not know if it was a `sport' or a distinct species."
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A sportsman; a gambler. countable, slang
"See my dressed like all the sports/In my blazer and a pair of shorts."
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One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes. countable, slang
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An amorous dalliance. obsolete, uncountable
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A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question) countable, informal, singular, uncountable, usually
""Say, sport!" he would say briskly."
20
Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy. countable, uncountable
"Hey, sport! You've gotten so big since I saw you last! Give me five."
21
Play; idle jingle. archaic, countable, uncountable
"1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage […] would meet with small applause."

Verb

1
To amuse oneself, to play. intransitive
"children sporting on the green"
2
play boisterously wordnet
3
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. intransitive
"Jen sports with Bill's emotions."
4
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner wordnet
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To display; to have as a notable feature. transitive
"Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat"

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To divert; to amuse; to make merry. reflexive
"Against whom do ye sport yourselves?"
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To represent by any kind of play. transitive
"Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth."
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To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
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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.
"more than one kind of rose has sported into a moss"
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To close (a door). archaic, transitive
"There he locked it up in a drawer, sported the doors of both sets of rooms, and retired to bed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport.

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