sporting
Meanings
Plural: sportings
Verb
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
- "she was sporting a new hat"
- play boisterously
- present participle and gerund of sport
Adjective Satellite
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- "a sporting solution of the disagreement"
- involving risk or willingness to take a risk
- "a sporting chance"
- "sporting blood"
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- "sporting gents and their ladies"
Adjective
- relating to or used in sports
- "sporting events"
- "sporting equipment"
Adj
- Pertaining to sports
- Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- Fair, generous; game.
- Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
Noun
- The act of taking part in a sport.
Origin / Etymology
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
Synonyms
betting, boast, card-playing, cavort, clean, disport, dissipated, feature, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport, sportsmanlike, sporty
Scrabble Score: 11
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