sport

Definitions

1. 1noun

   That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

2. 2noun

   Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.

3. 3noun

   That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

4. 4noun

   Play; idle jingle.

5. 5noun

   Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.

6. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   A sportsman; a gambler.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To play; to frolic; to wanton.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To trifle.

11. 11intransitive 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., 6.

12. 12transitive verb

    To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.

13. 13transitive verb

    To represent by any knd of play.

14. 14transitive verb

    To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage.

15. 15transitive 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.

16. 16noun

    the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

17. 17noun

    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

    Synonyms

    athletics
18. 18noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    funplay
19. 19noun

    (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

    Synonyms

    mutantmutationvariation
20. 20noun

    someone who engages in sports

    Synonyms

    sportsmansportswoman
21. 21noun

    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"

22. 22noun

    (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

23. 23verb

    play boisterously

    "The children frolicked in the garden"

    "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"

    Synonyms

    cavortdisportfriskfrolicgambollarkrollickrompskylark
24. 24verb

    wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

    "she was sporting a new hat"

    Synonyms

    boastfeature