ALL meanings of sport
sport
S s - noun sport an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. 2
- noun sport sports, (used with a singular verb) such athletic activities collectively: Sports is important in my life. 2
- noun sport a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors. 1
- noun sport diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime. 1
- noun sport jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously. 1
- noun sport mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him. 1
- noun sport an object of derision; laughingstock. 1
- noun sport something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything. 1
- noun sport something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc. 1
- noun sport a sportsman. 1
- noun sport Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well. 1
- noun sport Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler. 1
- noun sport Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant. 1
- noun sport Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation. 1
- noun sport Obsolete. amorous dalliance. 1
- adjective sport of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing. 1
- adjective sport suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes. 1
- verb without object sport to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation. 1
- verb without object sport to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal. 1
- verb without object sport to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport. 1
- verb without object sport to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions. 1
- verb without object sport to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life. 1
- verb without object sport Botany. to mutate. 1
- verb with object sport to pass (time) in amusement or sport. 1
- verb with object sport to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often followed by away). 1
- verb with object sport Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., especially with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat. 1
- verb with object sport Archaic. to amuse (especially oneself). 1
- idioms sport sport one's oak. oak (def 5). 1
- noun sport game 1
- noun sport physical activity 1
- noun sport entertainment 1
- noun sport sb amenable 1
- noun sport friendly term of address 1
- transitive verb sport wear 1
- transitive verb sport have: sth visible 1
- noun sport fun, amusement 1
- noun sport botany: mutation 1
- intransitive verb sport play 1
- noun sport a gambler 0
- noun sport a person who is sportsmanlike, easygoing, or companionable 0
- noun sport a person judged according to his ability to take loss, defeat, teasing, etc. 0
- noun sport a pleasure-loving, showy person; flashy fellow 0
- noun sport amorous trifling or sexual play 0
- noun sport a plant or animal showing some marked variation from the normal type, usually as a result of mutation 0
- verb transitive sport to wear or display, esp. with unnecessary show 0
- verb transitive sport to amuse (oneself, etc.) 0
- intransitive verb sport to play or frolic 0
- intransitive verb sport to engage in a sport or sports 0
- intransitive verb sport to joke or jest 0
- intransitive verb sport to trifle, dally, or play (with) 0