| sport | 1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. "It is as sport a fool do mischief." (prov. X. 23) "Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight." (Sir P. Sidney) "Think it but a minute spent in sport." (Shak) 2. Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. "Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.Shak." 3. That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. "Flitting leaves, the sport of every wind." (Dryden) "Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned pasions." (John Clarke) 4. Play; idle jingle. "An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause." (Broome) 5. Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, especially. When money is staked. 6. <botany> 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. 7. A sportsman; a gambler. In sport, in jest; for play or diversion. "So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?" Synonym: Play, game, diversion, frolic, mirth, mock, mockery, jeer. Origin: Abbreviated frm disport. 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton. "[Fish], sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold." (Milton) 2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 3. To trifle. "He sports with his own life." 4. <botany> 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. Synonym: To play, frolic, game, wanton. Origin: Sported; Sporting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sporting | Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like. Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horse racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like. <botany> Sporting plant, a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sports | Activities or games, usually involving physical effort or skill. Reasons for engagement in sports include pleasure, competition, and/or financial reward. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sports equipment | Equipment required for engaging in a sport (such as balls, bats, rackets, skis, skates, ropes, weights) and devices for the protection of athletes during their performance (such as masks, gloves, mouth pieces). (12 Dec 1998) |
| sports medicine | The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in sports activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sportsman | One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |