Definition of sports Sports
/spÉËÉšts/ - [sports] - sports
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What does sports mean?
Wiktionary 
- sports (Noun)
Plural of sport.
Part of speech
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| sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | ||
| athletics | ||
| recreation, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" | ||
| funambulism, tightrope walking walking on a tightrope or slack rope | ||
| rock climbing the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) | ||
| contact sport a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players | ||
| field sport, outdoor sport a sport that is played outdoors | ||
| gymnastics, gymnastic exercise a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility | ||
| track and field participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it | ||
| skiing a sport in which participants must travel on skis | ||
| aquatics, water sport sports that involve bodies of water | ||
| rowing, row the act of rowing as a sport | ||
| archery the sport of shooting arrows with a bow | ||
| sledding the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | ||
| skating the sport of gliding on skates | ||
| racing the sport of engaging in contests of speed | ||
| equitation, horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
| cycling the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | ||
| blood sport sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) | ||
| athletic game a game involving athletic activity | ||
| judo a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan | ||
| spectator sport a sport that many people find entertaining to watch | ||
| team sport a sport that involves competition between teams of players; "baseball is a team sport by golf is not" | ||
| sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay | ||
| line of work, occupation, business, job, line the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" | ||
| professional boxing boxing for money | ||
| professional wrestling wrestling for money | ||
| sumo a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground | ||
| professional golf playing golf for money | ||
| professional football football played for pay | ||
| professional baseball playing baseball for money | ||
| professional basketball playing basketball for money | ||
| sport - someone who engages in sports | ||
| sportsman, sportswoman | ||
| athlete, jock a person trained to compete in sports | ||
| sport - a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances; "a good sport"; "a poor sport" | ||
| sport - (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine | ||
| summercater | ||
| sport - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | ||
| mutant, mutation, variation | ||
| being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" | ||
| biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms | ||
| sport - verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" | ||
| fun, play | ||
| witticism, wittiness, wit, humor, humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||
| jocosity, jocularity fun characterized by humor | ||
| waggishness, waggery waggish behavior | ||
| funniness, clowning, comedy, drollery light and humorous drama with a happy ending | ||
Verb |
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| sport - wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" | ||
| feature, boast | ||
| feature, have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| sport - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" | ||
| frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
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Wiktionary
- sport (Noun)
Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. - sport (Noun)
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. - sport (Noun)
Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport . - sport (Noun)
A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. - sport (Noun)
Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing. - sport (Noun)
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 defect s. - sport (Noun)
A sportsman; a gambler, one who consorts with less than reputable people, including prostitutes. - sport (Noun)
An amorous dalliance. - sport (Noun)
A friend or acquaintance chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question. - sport (Verb)
To amuse oneself, to play. - sport (Verb)
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. - sport (Verb)
To display; to have as a notable feature. - sport (Verb)
To divert; to amuse; to make merry . - sport (Verb)
To represent by any kind of play. - sport (Adjective)
Suitable for use in athletic activities or for casual or informal wear.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- sport (n.)
That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. - sport (n.)
Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. - sport (n.)
That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. - sport (n.)
Play; idle jingle. - sport (n.)
Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked. - sport (n.)
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. - sport (n.)
A sportsman; a gambler. - sport (v. i.)
To play; to frolic; to wanton. - sport (v. i.)
To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. - sport (v. i.)
To trifle. - sport (v. i.)
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. - sport (v. t.)
To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun. - sport (v. t.)
To represent by any knd of play. - sport (v. t.)
To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage. - sport (v. t.)
To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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The complex of individual or group activities pursued for exercise or pleasure, often taking a competitive form. -
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A person who engages in sports.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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spĹrt, v.i. to play: to frolic: to practise field diversions: to trifle.âv.t. to amuse: to make merry: to represent playfully: to spend in sport or display.ân. that which amuses or makes merry: play: mirth: jest: contemptuous mirth: anything for playing with: a toy: idle jingle: field diversion: an animal or plant, or one of its organs, that varies singularly and spontaneously from the normal type.ân. Sportâ˛er, one who sports: a sportsman.âadj. Sportâ˛ful, full of sport: merry: full of jesting.âadv. Sportâ˛fully.ân. Sportâ˛fulness.âadj. Sportâ˛ing, relating to, or engaging in, sports.âadv. Sportâ˛ingly.âadj. Sportâ˛ive, inclined to sport: playful: merry: amorous, wanton.âadv. Sportâ˛ively.ân. Sportâ˛iveness.âadj. Sportâ˛less, without sport or mirth: sad.ân. Sportsâ˛man, one who practises, or one skilled in, field-sports.âadj. Sportsâ˛man-like.âns. Sportsâ˛manship, practice or skill of a sportsman; Sportsâ˛woman, a she-sportsman.âSport one's oak (see Oak). [Formed by aphĂŚresis from disport.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary đ
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It's poor sport that is not worth the candle. -
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No sport, no pie.
Wikipedia 
- A sport is an activity that has rules and usually requires physical activity, like running. Sports can keep people active and healthy. They can be played indoors or outdoors.
