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sport

 
Noun sport has 6 senses
  1. sport, athletics - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
    --1 is a kind of diversion, recreation
    --1 has particulars:
     rock climbing; contact sport; outdoor sport, field sport; gymnastics, gymanstic exercise; track and field; skiing; water sport, aquatics; rowing, row; archery; sledding; skating; racing; riding, horseback riding, equitation; cycling; blood sport; athletic game; judo; spectator sport; team sport
    Derived form: verb sport2
  2. sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
    --2 is a kind of
    occupation, business, job, line of work, line
    --2 has particulars:
     professional boxing; professional wrestling; sumo; professional golf; professional football; professional baseball; professional basketball; professional tennis
  3. sport, sportsman, sportswoman - someone who engages in sports
    --3 is a kind of athlete, jock
  4. mutant, mutation, variation, sport - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
    --4 is a kind of organism, being
    --4 has particulars: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
  5. sport - (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine
    --5 is a kind of
    vacationer, vacationist
  6. fun, play, sport - verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"
    --6 is a kind of wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
    --6 has particulars:
     jocosity, jocularity; waggery, waggishness; drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness; pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia
Verb sport has 2 senses
  1. sport, feature, boast - wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
    --1 is one way to have, feature
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
    --2 is one way to play
    Derived form: noun sport1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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