Sport vs. Sporting

Sportnoun

(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

Sportnoun

(countable) Something done for fun despite being intended for and primarily used for serious goals.

Sportnoun

(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

Sportnoun

(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

Sportnoun

(obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

Sportnoun

(obsolete) Mockery; derision.

Sportnoun

(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

Sportnoun

(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.

Sportnoun

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.

Sportnoun

A sportsman; a gambler.

Sportnoun

One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.

Sportnoun

An amorous dalliance.

Sportnoun

A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)

Sportnoun

(obsolete) Play; idle jingle.

Sportverb

(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.

Sportverb

(intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

Sportverb

(transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.

Sportverb

(reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.

Sportverb

(transitive) To represent by any kind of play.

Sportverb

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

Sportverb

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.

Sportverb

(transitive) To close (a door).

Sportnoun

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

Sportnoun

Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.

Sportnoun

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

Sportnoun

Play; idle jingle.

Sportnoun

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

Sportnoun

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.

Sportnoun

A sportsman; a gambler.

Sportverb

To play; to frolic; to wanton.

Sportverb

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

Sportverb

To trifle.

Sportverb

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.

Sportverb

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

Sportverb

To represent by any kind of play.

Sportverb

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

Sportverb

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

Sportnoun

an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Sportnoun

the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

Sportnoun

someone who engages in sports

Sportnoun

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

Sportnoun

(Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine

Sportnoun

verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously);

Sportverb

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;

Sportverb

play boisterously;

Sport

Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve one's physical health.

Sportingadjective

(not comparable) Pertaining to sports

Sportingadjective

(comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.

Sportingadjective

(comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.

Sportingadjective

Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.

Sportingnoun

The act of taking part in a sport.

Sportingadjective

Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.

Sportingadjective

marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play;

Sportingadjective

relating to or used in sports;

Sportingadjective

involving risk or willingness to take a risk;

Sportingadjective

preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance;