Sport definition
To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously.
Sports diamond earrings; sports a tattoo.
verb
Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports.
Sport fishing; sports equipment.
adjective
Such an activity, esp. when competitive, requiring more or less vigorous bodily exertion and carried on, sometimes as a profession, according to some traditional form or set of rules, whether outdoors, as football, golf, etc., or indoors, as basketball, bowling, etc.
noun
To have as a prominent feature.
A car sporting a new paint job.
verb
Sport means something used for athletic activities.
An example of sport is a drink formulated to supplement the nutritional needs of an athlete.
adjective
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Sport is defined as to wear, usually something that calls attention.
An example of sport is to wear red socks with pink shorts.
verb
Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear.
A sport shirt.
adjective
Any activity or experience that gives enjoyment or recreation; pastime; diversion.
noun
The definition of a sport is a recreational or athletic activity.
An example of sport is soccer.
noun
(biology) An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation.
noun
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Such activities considered as a group.
Sports is a good way for children to get exercise.
noun
A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement.
noun
Fun; amusement.
Balanced on the curb just for the sport of it.
noun
Mockery; jest.
He made sport of his own looks.
noun
An object of mockery, jest, or play.
Treated our interests as sport.
noun
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A joking mood or attitude.
She made the remark in sport.
noun
One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation.
A poor sport.
noun
(informal) A fair-minded person, especially one who accepts teasing or difficult situations well.
Be a sport and show me where you caught those fish.
noun
(informal) A pleasant companion.
Was a real sport during the trip.
noun
A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.
noun
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A gambler at sporting events.
noun
Fun or play.
noun
(informal) A pleasure-loving, showy person.
noun
(obs.) Amorous trifling or sexual play.
noun
(biol.) A plant or animal showing some marked variation from the normal type, usually as a result of mutation.
noun
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A person who is sportsmanlike, easygoing, or companionable.
Be a sport!
noun
A person judged according to his or her ability to take loss, defeat, teasing, etc.
A good (or poor) sport.
noun
(informal) To wear or display, esp. with unnecessary show.
To sport a loud tie.
verb
To play or frolic.
verb
(biol.) To vary markedly from the normal type; mutate.
verb
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To joke or jest.
verb
To trifle, dally, or play (with)
verb
(obsolete) Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.
noun
An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
noun
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To play or frolic.
Children sporting in the waves.
verb
To joke or trifle.
verb
To engage in a sport or sports.
verb
Suitable for informal or casual wear; not dressy.
A sport shirt.
adjective
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in sport
- in joke or jest; not in earnest
idiom
make sport of
- to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
in sport
make sport of
Origin of sport
- Middle English sporte short for disporte from Old French desport pleasure from desporter to divert disport
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition