Definitions of sport [ɔrt, spoʊrt]

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Definition of 'sport'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sport
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.

2.  sport
such activities collectively.

3.  sport
diversion; recreation.

4.  sport
jest; pleasantry.

5.  sport
mockery; ridicule:
They made sport of his haircut.

6.  sport
something tossed about like a plaything.

7.  sport
a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner.

8.  sport
a debonair person; bon vivant.

9.  sport
Biol. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.

10.  sport
Obs. amorous dalliance.

11. (adj.) sport
of, pertaining to, or used in sports.

12.  sport
suitable for outdoor or informal wear:
sport clothes.

13. (v.i.) sport
to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime.

14.  sport
to frolic; gambol:
kittens sporting and playing.

15.  sport
to engage in athletic activity.

16.  sport
to speak or act in jest.

17.  sport
to mock something.

18.  sport
Bot. to mutate.

19. (v.t.) sport
to wear or display, esp. with ostentation:
sporting a new coat.

Etymology: (1940–45)

Definition of 'sport'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sport, athletics
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

2. (noun) sport
the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

3. (noun) sport, summercater
(Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

4. (noun) sport
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"

5. (noun) sport, sportsman, sportswoman
someone who engages in sports

6. (noun) mutant, mutation, variation, sport
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

7. (verb) fun, play, sport
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"

8. (verb) sport, feature, boast
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"she was sporting a new hat"

9. (verb) frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
play boisterously
"The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

Definition of 'sport'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

Definition of 'sport'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sport
that which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement

2. (noun) sport
mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision

3. (noun) sport
that with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery

4. (noun) sport
play; idle jingle

5. (noun) sport
diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked

6. (noun) sport
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. (noun) sport
a sportsman; a gambler

8. (verb) sport
to play; to frolic; to wanton

9. (verb) sport
to practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races

10. (verb) sport
to trifle

11. (verb) sport
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

12. (verb) sport
to divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun

13. (verb) sport
to represent by any knd of play

14. (verb) sport
to exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage

15. (verb) sport
to give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams

Translation of 'sport'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: games or competitions involving physical activity She's very keen on sport of all kinds.
Afrikaans: sport	Arabic: ألعاب رياضِيَّه	Bulgarian: спорт
Brazilian: desporto	Czech: sport	German: der Sport
Danish: sport; idræt	Greek: αθλοπαιδιές, σπορ	Spanish: deporte
Estonian: sport	Farsi: ورزش	Finnish: urheilu
French: sport	Hebrew: סְפּוֹרט	Hindi: खेल, क्रीड़ा
Croatian: sportska natjecanja	Hungarian: sport	Indonesian: olahraga
Icelandic: íþrótt	Italian: sport	Japanese: スポーツ
Korean: 스포츠	Lithuanian: sportas	Latvian: sports
Malay: sukan	Dutch: sport	Norwegian: idrett, sport
Polish: sport	Portuguese: desporto	Romanian: sport
Russian: спорт	Slovak: šport	Slovenian: šport
Serbian: sport	Swedish: sport, idrott	Thai: กีฬา
Turkish: spor	Taiwanese: 體育運動	Ukrainian: спорт; полювання; рибна л
Urdu: ورژشی کھیل	Vietnamese: thể thao	Chinese: 体育运动
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