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sporting |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sport \Sport\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sported}; p. pr & vb n. {Sporting}.] 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.'' --Tillotson. 4. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) 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}, n., 6. --Darwin. Syn: To play; frolic; game; wanton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sporting \Sport"ing\, a. 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 --C. Kingsley. {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 {Sporting plant} (Bot.), 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. --Darwin. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sporting adj 1: marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: {clean}, {sportsmanlike}] 2: relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment" 3: involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood" 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" [syn: {dissipated}, {betting}, {card-playing}, {gambling}]
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