| sport | |
| 1. n. Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. | |
| 2. n. Something done for fun despite being intended for and primarily used for serious goals. | |
| 3. n. A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. | |
| 4. n. Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) Mockery; derision. | |
| 7. n. A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. | |
| 8. n. Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing. | |
| 9. n. (biology, botany, zoology) 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 muta | |
| 10. n. (slang) A sportsman; a gambler. | |
| 11. n. (slang) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) An amorous dalliance. | |
| 13. n. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question) | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play. | |
| children sporting on the green | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. | |
| Jen sports with Bill's emotions. | |
| 17. v. To display; to have as a notable feature. | |
| Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat | |
| 18. v. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry. | |
| 19. v. To represent by any kind of play. | |
| 20. v. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. | |
| 21. v. 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. | |
| 22. v. To close (a door). | |
