sport

Pronunciation: US [spɔrt] UK [spɔː(r)t]

n.Sports; Sports; Entertainment; (a) sport
v.Added enticement;; they proudly wear, deliberate display
adj.Outdoor wear (dresses)
WebSport mode; Games; Sports series

Synonyms

dally disport frolic recreate rollick skylark play toy

Definitions in English

n.

1.

an activity in which players or teams compete against each other, usually an activity that involves physical effort; relating to sports, or involved in sports

2.

someone who always behaves in a reasonable way and is always willing to help

3.

used for talking in a friendly way to a boy or man

4.

jokes, or things that you do for fun

5.

a plant or animal that is different in a noticeable way from other plants or animals of the same type

v.

1.

to wear something, often in a way that shows you want people to notice it; used about things other than clothes, for example expressions

2.

to play happily

Other Forms

Idioms

in sport
make sport of

Example Sentences

You can rest from your labours, and yet not spend your whole time in sport and play.
Source: S. Patrick
The sport in taking life is a satisfaction I can't feel.
Source: D. C. Peattie
He tended to know..almost everything, and it was..great sport to catch him out.
Source: G. Daly
Clear air where doves sported with the butterflies.
Source: E. Waugh
When Sense subsides, and Fancy sports in sleep.
Source: fig.

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Rearrange English Word: sport
ports prost strop
Based on sport, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
a - oprst
e - pastor
h - poster
i - presto
m - repots
o - respot
s - stoper
u - tropes
y - thorps
All shorter English words within sport :
op ops opt opts or ors ort orts os port post pot pots pro pros rot rots so sop sort sot spot stop to top tops tor tors trop
List all shorter English words in sport.
List all English words English words starting with sport, English words that contain sport or English words ending with sport
With the same order, English words that are formed by any part of : s sport p port or ort r t
Based on sport, all English words formed by changing one letter
Create new English words with the same letter pairs: sp po or rt
Find English words starting with sport by next letter
English words starting with sport :
sporters sportful sportier sportily sporting sportive sports sporty sport sported sporter sportif
English words that contain sport :
disports disport gosports gosport passport sporters sportful sportier sportily sporting sportive sports sporty sport sported sporter sportif
English words ending with sport :
disport gosport passport sport