Definitions for sportspɔrt, spoʊrt

sportspɔrt, spoʊrt(n.)

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.
Category: Sport
such activities collectively.
Category: Sport
diversion; recreation.
jest; pleasantry.
mockery; ridicule:
They made sport of his haircut.
Ref: laughingstock.
something tossed about like a plaything.
Category: Sport
Ref: sportsman.
a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner.
a debonair person; bon vivant.
Biol. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
Obs. amorous dalliance.
(adj.)of, pertaining to, or used in sports.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Sport
suitable for outdoor or informal wear:
sport clothes.
Category: Clothing
(v.i.)to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime.
to frolic; gambol:
kittens sporting and playing.
to engage in athletic activity.
Category: Sport
to speak or act in jest.
to mock something.
Bot. to mutate.
Category: Botany
(v.t.)to wear or display, esp. with ostentation:
sporting a new coat.
Ref: Also, sports .

1350–1400; ME; aph. var. of disport

sport′ful•ness(n.)

sport, athletics(noun)
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
sport(noun)
the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
sport, summercater(noun)
(Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
sport(noun)
a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
"a good sport"; "a poor sport"
sport, sportsman, sportswoman(noun)
someone who engages in sports
mutant, mutation, variation, sport(noun)
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
fun, play, sport(verb)
verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
"he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"
sport, feature, boast(verb)
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"she was sporting a new hat"
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about(verb)
play boisterously
"The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

sport(noun)ɔrt, spoʊrt
a physically active game
football, basketball, and other sports; He was always good at sports.; Did you play any sports in school?

sport(Noun)
Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive.
sport(Noun)
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
sport(Noun)
Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
sport(Noun)
A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
sport(Noun)
Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
sport(Noun)
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.
sport(Noun)
A sportsman; a gambler, one who consorts with less than reputable people, including prostitutes.
sport(Noun)
An amorous dalliance.
sport(Noun)
A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
sport(Verb)
to amuse oneself, to play
sport(Verb)
to mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with
sport(Verb)
to display (something) with pride, to have (something) as an often unique feature
sport(Verb)
to bear a mark or wound with embarrassment
sport(Adjective)
Suitable for use in athletic activities or for casual or informal wear.
Jen has a new pair of sport shoes, and a new sports bra.

Origin: From desport, variant of deport, from deportare, present active infinitive of deporto.

Sport(noun)
that which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement
Sport(noun)
mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision
Sport(noun)
that with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery
Sport(noun)
play; idle jingle
Sport(noun)
diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked
Sport(noun)
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
Sport(noun)
a sportsman; a gambler
Sport(verb)
to play; to frolic; to wanton
Sport(verb)
to practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races
Sport(verb)
to trifle
Sport(verb)
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
Sport(verb)
to divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun
Sport(verb)
to represent by any knd of play
Sport(verb)
to exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage
Sport(verb)
to give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams