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Sporting

verb
Word Frequency: 3.2

Definitions

1.verbTo amuse oneself, to play.
"children sporting on the green"
2.verbTo mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
"Jen sports with Bill's emotions."
3.verbTo display; to have as a notable feature.
"Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat"
4.verbTo divert; to amuse; to make merry.
5.verbTo represent by any kind of play.
6.verbTo practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
7.verbTo 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.
8.verbTo close (a door).
9.nounThe act of taking part in a sport.
10.adjectivePertaining to sports
"He got a job in a sporting goods store."
11.adjectiveExhibiting sportsmanship.
"Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself."
12.adjectiveHaving a reasonable chance of success.
"You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!"
13.adjectiveFair, generous; ‘game’.
"It was very sporting of her to let us off like that."
14.adjective(obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.

Synonyms

sportsmanlikegamblingbettingadventurousadventuresomeindulgentdissipatedfairjustcleancard-playingsportsmanship

Rhymes With

thwartingcourtingsupportingconsortingcavortingexhortingsnortingsorting
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