sporting
spor·ting
adjective
1.
marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- “a clean fight”
- “a sporting solution of the disagreement”
- “sportsmanlike conduct”
2.
relating to or used in sports
- “sporting events”
- “sporting equipment”
3.
4.
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- “led a dissipated life”
- “a betting man”
- “a card-playing son of a bitch”
- “a gambling fool”
- “sporting gents and their ladies”
Origin
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
Phrases
- sporting chance
- sporting clays
- sporting door
- sporting girl
- sporting goods
- sporting house
- sporting lady
- sporting woman
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