/ spɔːt; NAmE spɔːrt/ noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ U ] ( BrE ) ( NAmE sports [ pl. ]) activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules :
There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.
I'm not interested in sport.
the use of drugs in sport
2.
[ C ] a particular form of sport :
What's your favourite sport?
team / water sports
a sports club
—see also blood sport , field sports , spectator sport , winter sports
3.
[ C ] ( AustralE , NZE , informal ) used as a friendly way of addressing sb, especially a man :
Good on you, sport!
4.
[ U ] ( formal ) enjoyment or fun :
The comments were only made in sport .
to make sport of (= to joke about) sb/sth
5.
[ C ] ( biology ) a plant or an animal that is different in a noticeable way from its usual type
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IDIOMS
- be a (good) sport
■ verb
1.
[ vn ] to have or wear sth in a proud way
SYN wear :
to sport a beard
She was sporting a T-shirt with the company's logo on it.
2.
[ v + adv. / prep. ] ( literary ) to play in a happy and lively way
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense pastime, entertainment ): shortening of disport .