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sport

UK/spɔːt/ US/spoːt/ common informal slang
noun (6) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

3.

someone who engages in sports

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4.

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

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5.
6.

verbal wit (often at another''s expense but not to be taken seriously)

  • “he became a figure of fun”
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verb

1.

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

  • “she was sporting a new hat”
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2.

play boisterously

  • “The children frolicked in the garden”
  • “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”
  • “The toddlers romped in the playroom”
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Origin

From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)).

Phrases

  • action sport
  • adrenaline sport
  • adventure sport
  • adventurous sport
  • air sport
  • ask me one about sport
  • ask me one on sport
  • bad sport
  • sport away
  • sport one's oak
  • sport the oak

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