Definition of SPORTING

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

sporting is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sporting is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sporting is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

sporting is a valid Words With Friends word