sport

Nouns

• (n) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition athletics,
• (n) the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
• (n) (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine summercater,
• (n) 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
• (n) someone who engages in sports sportsman, sportswoman,
• (n) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration mutant, mutation, variation,
• (n) 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,

Verbs

• (v) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
  • she was sporting a new hat
  boast, feature,
• (v) play boisterously
  • The children frolicked in the garden
  • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
  • The toddlers romped in the playroom
  cavort, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, disport,

Synonyms

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