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sport
[ spawrt ]
noun
- 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.
Synonyms:
- a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
- sports, (used with a singular verb) such athletic activities collectively:
Sports is important in my life.
- diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
Synonyms: , ,
- jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry:
What he said in sport was taken seriously.
- mockery; ridicule; derision:
They made sport of him.
- an object of derision; laughingstock.
- something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
- something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
- a sportsman.
- Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person:
He was a sport and took his defeat well.
- Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler.
- Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant.
- Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
- Obsolete. amorous dalliance.
adjective
- of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport:
sport fishing.
- suitable for outdoor or informal wear:
sport clothes.
verb (used without object)
- to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
- to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
Synonyms: ,
- to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
- to trifle or treat lightly:
to sport with another's emotions.
Synonyms:
- to mock, scoff, or tease:
to sport at suburban life.
- Biology. mutate ( def 4 ).
verb (used with object)
- to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
- to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often followed by away ).
- Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., especially with ostentation:
Celebs are frequently seen sporting a wide array of designer handbags.
- Archaic. to amuse (especially oneself ).
sport
/ ɔː /
noun
- an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often involving the testing of physical capabilities and taking the form of a competitive game such as football, tennis, etc
- such activities considered collectively
- any particular pastime indulged in for pleasure
- the pleasure derived from a pastime, esp hunting, shooting, or fishing
we had good sport today
- playful or good-humoured joking
to say a thing in sport
- derisive mockery or the object of such mockery
to make sport of someone
- someone or something that is controlled by external influences
the sport of fate
- informal.sometimes qualified bygood, bad, etc a person who reacts cheerfully in the face of adversity, esp a good loser
- informal.a person noted for being scrupulously fair and abiding by the rules of a game
- informal.a person who leads a merry existence, esp a gambler
he's a bit of a sport
- informal.a form of address used esp between males
- biology
- an animal or plant that differs conspicuously in one or more aspects from other organisms of the same species, usually because of a mutation
- an anomalous characteristic of such an organism
verb
- informal.tr to wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
she was sporting a new hat
- intr to skip about or frolic happily
- to amuse (oneself), esp in outdoor physical recreation
- introften foll bywith to dally or trifle (with)
- rare.troften foll byaway to squander (time or money)
sporting one's life away
- archaic.introften foll bywith to make fun (of)
- intr biology to produce or undergo a mutation
Derived Forms
- ˈǰٴڳܱ, adjective
- ˈǰٱ, noun
- ˈǰٴڳܱness, noun
- ˈǰٴڳܱly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ǰ·ڳܱ adjective
- ǰ·ڳܱ·ly adverb
- ǰ·ڳܱ·ness noun
- ǰ· adjective
- dzܳ·ǰ verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ǰ· adjective
- un·ǰ·ڳܱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sport1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sport1
Idioms and Phrases
- sport one's oak. oak ( def 5 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
While some Indian users said they were delighted to see Altman sporting their team's colours, many were quick to speculate about his motives behind sharing the image.
The FBI issued a formal warning to sports leagues in December about organized theft groups targeting professional athletes.
And, a little more than a year ago, it put him on the cutting edge of the sport’s newest hitting creations.
The Baileys plan one or two music performances per month, perhaps more later, and the stage will also offer movie screenings, TV sports viewing and other events.
It’s usually a ballpark, but in an environment like the Saratoga sale, you know that the major players in the sport are there with extremely deep pockets.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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