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sport

  [spawrt, spohrt]
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–noun
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
6. an object of derision; laughingstock.
7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
9. a sportsman.
10. Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well.
11. Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler.
12. Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant.
13. Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
14. Obsolete. amorous dalliance.
–adjective
15. of, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
16. suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes.
–verb (used without object)
17. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
18. to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
19. to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
20. to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions.
21. to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life.
22. Botany. to mutate.
–verb (used with object)
23. to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
24. to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
25. Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat.
26. Archaic. to amuse (esp. oneself).
—Idiom
27. sport one's oak. oak (def. 5).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; aph. var. of disport

Related forms:
sportful, adjective
sport⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
sport⋅ful⋅ness, noun
sportless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. game. 3. amusement, fun, entertainment. See play. 18. romp, caper. 20. toy.
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sport   (spôrt, spōrt)   
n.  

    1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

    2. A particular form of this activity.

    3. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.

    4. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.

    5. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.

    6. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.

    7. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.

    8. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.

    9. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

    10. A gambler at sporting events.

  2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

  3. An active pastime; recreation.

    1. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.

    2. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.

    3. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.

    4. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.

    5. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.

    6. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.

    7. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

    8. A gambler at sporting events.

    1. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.

    2. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.

    3. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.

    4. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

    5. A gambler at sporting events.

  6. Informal

    1. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

    2. A gambler at sporting events.

  7. Biology An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation.

  8. Maine See summercater. See Regional Note at summercater.

  9. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

v.   sport·ed, sport·ing, sports

v.   intr.

  1. To play or frolic.

  2. To joke or trifle.

  3. Biology To mutate.

v.   tr.
To display or show off: "His shoes sported elevated heels" (Truman Capote).
adj.   or sports

  1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment.

  2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.


[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see disport.]
sport'ful adj., sport'ful·ly adv., sport'ful·ness n.
sum·mer·ca·ter   (sŭm'ər-kā'tər)   
n.   Maine
A summer resident of Maine. Also called sport.

[Probably summer1 + (va)cat(ion)er.]
Since the Civil War Maine has been a favorite vacation spot for New Englanders and tourists from farther away. Predictably, certain words in the lexicon of Maine betray a wry Yankee impatience with these outsiders and city folks who come up to Maine only for summer relaxation. Along the coast the summer resident is called a summercater; inland, the word for a nonresident is sport. Or the Maine native may merely refer collectively to folks from away.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
sport

  1. n.
    friend; chum. (A term of address.) : Well, sport, looks like we have a little problem here.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sport  (v.)
c.1400, "to take pleasure, to amuse oneself," from Anglo-Fr. disport, from O.Fr. desport "pastime, recreation, pleasure," from desporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see disport). Sense of "to amuse oneself by active exercise in open air or taking part in some game" is from c.1483. Meaning "to wear" is from 1778.

sport  (n.)
c.1440, "pleasant passtime," from sport (v.). Meaning "game involving physical exercise" first recorded 1523. Original sense preserved in phrases such as in sport "in jest" (c.1440). Sense of "stylish man" is from 1861, Amer.Eng., probably because they lived by gambling and betting on races. Meaning "good fellow" is attested from 1881 (e.g. be a sport, 1913). The sport of kings was originally (1668) war-making. Sportswear is from 1912. Sports car first attested 1928. Sportscast first recorded 1938. Sportsman first recorded 1706. Sporting "characterized by conduct constant with that of a sportsman" is attested from 1799 (e.g. sporting chance, 1897). Sportsmanship is from 1745.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sport
Pronunciation: 'spO(&)rt, 'spo(&)rt
Function: noun
: an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limitsof individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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