sport

IPA: spˈɔrt

noun

  • (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
  • (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
  • (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
  • (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
  • (obsolete) Mockery, making fun; derision.
  • (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
  • (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
  • (biology, botany, zoology, countable) 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. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
  • (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
  • (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
  • (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
  • (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
  • Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
  • (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
  • Acronym of Strategic Partnership On REACH Testing.

verb

  • (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
  • (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
  • (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
  • (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
  • (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
  • To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
  • 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.
  • (transitive, archaic) To close (a door).
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Examples of "sport" in Sentences

  • The man is playing sports gamely.
  • There is impunity in the sports game.
  • The teams play at the Bison Sports Arena.
  • The science of the sport changes the game.
  • The game of knotty is a Scottish team sport.
  • Some agree that playing sports is pleasurable.
  • The game is now the national sport of the country.
  • The principal sport played by the Serer is the wrestling.
  • The stadium will host the sports Badminton and Squash for the Games.
  • As part of the struggle of sports played in the championship boxing.

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