sport

Use sport in a sentence

Two men playing a sport called soccer.

adjective

Sport means something used for athletic activities.
An example of sport is a drink formulated to supplement the nutritional needs of an athlete.

noun

The definition of a sport is a recreational or athletic activity.
An example of sport is soccer.

verb

Sport is defined as to wear, usually something that calls attention.
An example of sport is to wear red socks with pink shorts.

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sport

any activity or experience that gives enjoyment or recreation; pastime; diversion
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.
fun or play
Informal
1. a person who is sportsmanlike, easygoing, or companionable: be a sport!
2. a person judged according to his or her ability to take loss, defeat, teasing, etc.: a good (or poor) sport
Informal a pleasure-loving, showy person
Obs. amorous trifling or sexual play
Biol. a plant or animal showing some marked variation from the normal type, usually as a result of mutation

Origin of sport

Middle English sporte, aphetic for disport

Informal to wear or display, esp. with unnecessary show: to sport a loud tie

to play or frolic
to engage in a sport or sports
1. to joke or jest
2. to trifle, dally, or play (with)
Biol. to vary markedly from the normal type; mutate

sporting (sense )
suitable for informal or casual wear; not dressy: a sport shirt

sport Idioms

in sport

in joke or jest; not in earnest

make sport of

to mock or ridicule; poke fun at

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sport

noun

a. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
b. often sports used with a sing. verb Such activities considered as a group: Sports is a good way for children to get exercise.
a. A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement: “the sport of trying to eat [a bratwurst] with anything fewer than four paper napkins” ( Jane Kramer )
b. Fun; amusement: balanced on the curb just for the sport of it.
a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.
b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.
a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
b. 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.
c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.
Informal
a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.
b. A gambler at sporting events.
Biology An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation.
Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

verb

sport·ed, sport·ing, sports

verb

intransitive

To play or frolic: children sporting in the waves.
To joke or trifle: “Lear … in a storm, half mad, sported with by the gods” ( Cynthia Ozick )

verb

transitive

To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously: sports diamond earrings; sports a tattoo.
To have as a prominent feature: a car sporting a new paint job.

adjective

or sports

Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment.
Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.

Origin of sport

Middle English sporte short for disporte from Old French desport pleasure from desporter to divert ; see disport .

Related Forms:

sport′ful
adjective

sport′ful·ly
adverb

sport′ful·ness
noun

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