- (modifier)
relating to, concerned with, or used in sports: sports equipment - (modifier)
relating to or similar to a sports car - Also called: sports day
a meeting held at a school or college for competitions in various athletic events
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
sport /spɔrt/USA pronunciation
n.
adj. [before a noun] Also, sports.
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Sport an often competitive athletic activity requiring skill or physical ability:[countable]interested in several sports: gymnastics, baseball, and soccer.
- Sport such activities thought of as a group:[uncountable]And now, news from the world of sport.
- [uncountable] recreation;
diversion. - jest;
pleasantry:[uncountable]It was all done in sport. - mockery;
ridicule:[uncountable]made sport of his haircut. - one who behaves in a fair, understanding way:[countable]We hope he'll be a (good) sport and give us the raise we deserve.
adj. [before a noun] Also, sports.
- Sportof, relating to, or used in sports:an expert in sports medicine.
- Clothingsuitable for outdoor or informal wear:sport clothes.
v.
- to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime;
frolic:[no object]kittens sporting and playing. - [no object] to speak or act in a joking manner.
- to wear or display, esp. while showing off:[~ + object]She sported a diamond ring.
sports
(spôrts, spōrts),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Clothing, Sportof or pertaining to a sport or sports, esp. of the open-air or athletic kind:a sports festival.
- Clothing(of garments, equipment, etc.) suitable for use in open-air sports, or for outdoor or informal use.
- sport + -s3 1910–15
sport
(spôrt, spōrt),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
v.i.
v.t.
sport′ful, adj.
sport′ful•ly, adv.
sport′ful•ness, n.
sport′less, adj.
- Sportan athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Sporta particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
- diversion;
recreation;
pleasant pastime. - jest;
fun;
mirth;
pleasantry:What he said in sport was taken seriously. - mockery;
ridicule;
derision:They made sport of him. - an object of derision;
laughingstock. - something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
- something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
- Sporta sportsman.
- Informal Termsa person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner;
an accommodating person:He was a sport and took his defeat well. - Sport, Informal Terms[Informal.]a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling;
gambler. - Informal Termsa flashy person;
one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like;
a 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.
- Sportof, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
- Clothingsuitable for outdoor or informal wear:sport clothes.
v.i.
- to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
- to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
- Sportto engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
- to trifle or treat lightly:to sport with another's emotions.
- to mock, scoff, or tease:to sport at suburban life.
- Botanyto mutate.
v.t.
- to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
- to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
- Informal Termsto wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation;
show off:to sport a new mink coat. - [Archaic.]to amuse (esp. oneself ).
- British Terms sport one's oak. See oak (def. 5).
- 1350–1400; Middle English; aphetic variant of disport
sport′ful•ly, adv.
sport′ful•ness, n.
sport′less, adj.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged game.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged amusement, fun, entertainment. See play.
- 18.See corresponding entry in Unabridged romp, caper.
- 20.See corresponding entry in Unabridged toy.
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an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often involving the testing of physical capabilities and taking the form of a competitive game such as football, tennis, etc such activities considered collectively any particular pastime indulged in for pleasure the pleasure derived from a pastime, esp hunting, shooting, or fishing: we had good sport today playful or good-humoured joking: to say a thing in sport derisive mockery or the object of such mockery: to make sport of someone someone or something that is controlled by external influences: the sport of fate
sometimes qualified by good, bad, etc:a person who reacts cheerfully in the face of adversity, esp a good loser a person noted for being scrupulously fair and abiding by the rules of a game a person who leads a merry existence, esp a gambler: he's a bit of a sport a form of address used esp between males an animal or plant that differs conspicuously in one or more aspects from other organisms of the same species, usually because of a mutation an anomalous characteristic of such an organism
- (transitive)
to wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner: she was sporting a new hat - (intransitive)
to skip about or frolic happily to amuse (oneself), esp in outdoor physical recreation - (intransitive) often followed by with:
to dally or trifle (with) - (transitive) often followed by away:
to squander (time or money): sporting one's life away - (intransitive) often followed by with:
to make fun (of) - (intransitive)
to produce or undergo a mutation
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