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sport⋅ing

  [spawr-ting, spohr-]
Use sporting in a Sentence
–adjective
1. engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
2. concerned with or suitable for such sports: sporting equipment.
3. sportsmanlike.
4. interested in or connected with sports or pursuits involving betting or gambling: the sporting life of Las Vegas.
5. involving or inducing the taking of risk, as in a sport.
Origin:
1590–1600; sport + -ing 2

Related forms:
sport⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

sport

  [spawrt, spohrt]
–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.
sport·ing   (spôr'tĭng, spōr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Used in or appropriate for sports: sporting goods.
  2. Characterized by sportsmanship.
  3. Of or associated with gambling.
sport'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Sporting

Sport"ing\, a. Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.

Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. --C. Kingsley.

Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like.

Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horse racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.

Sporting plant (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant. --Darwin.
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Language Translation for : sporting
Spanish: deportivo,
German: sportlich,
Japanese: スポーツの
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