Dictionary entries for 'sport'

Synonyms

sport (spôrt, spōrt)

[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see disport.]

noun

1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
2. A particular form of this activity.
An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
An active pastime; recreation.
1. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.
2. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
3. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.
1. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
2. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.
3. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.
Informal
1. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.
2. A gambler at sporting events.
Biology An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation.
Maine See summercater
Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

To display or show off: “His shoes sported elevated heels” (Truman Capote)

sum·mer·ca·ter (sŭḿər-kā́tər)

[Probably summer¹, + (va)cat(ion)er.]

Maine