sports

[Sport]

Sport has many definitions, the most familiar of which is a game involving physical exertion think tennis or hockey. Randomly, sport can also mean to wear, as in, "he looked sharp sporting a yellow sport coat."

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That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

Noun
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Noun
the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

Noun
verbal wit (often at another''s expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"

Noun
(Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine

Noun
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

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Noun
someone who engages in sports

Verb
play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

Verb
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"


n.
That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

n.
Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.

n.
That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

n.
Play; idle jingle.

n.
Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.

n.
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. See Sporting plant, under Sporting.

n.
A sportsman; a gambler.

v. i.
To play; to frolic; to wanton.

v. i.
To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

v. i.
To trifle.

v. i.
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. See Sport, n., 6.

v. t.
To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.

v. t.
To represent by any knd of play.

v. t.
To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage.

v. t.
To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.


Sport

Sport , n. [Abbreviated frm disport.] 1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
It is as sport a fool do mischief.
Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
Think it but a minute spent in sport.
2. Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.
Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.Shak. 3. That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
Flitting leaves, the sport of every wind.
Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned pasions.
4. Play; idle jingle.
An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause.
5. Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked. 6. (Bot. & Zo'94l.) 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. See Sporting plant, under Sporting. 7. A sportsman; a gambler. [Slang] In sport, in jest; for play or diversion. "So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?" Prov. xxvi. 19. Syn. -- Play; game; diversion; frolic; mirth; mock; mockery; jeer.

Sport

Sport, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sported; p. pr. & vb. n. Sporting.] 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton.
[Fish], sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold.
2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 3. To trifle. "He sports with his own life." Tillotson. 4. (Bot. & Zo'94l.) 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. See Sport, n., 6. Darwin. Syn. -- To play; frolic; game; wanton.

Sport

Sport, v. t. 1. To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
2. To represent by any knd of play.
Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.
3. To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage. [Colloq.] Grose. 4. To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams. Addison. To sport one's oak. See under Oak, n.

That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

To play; to frolic; to wanton.

To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.

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Usage Examples

As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.

I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.

I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

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Other Usage Examples

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on.

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.

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