sport

sport1 [ spɔrt ] noun ***

▸ 1 (physical) competition

▸ 2 someone reasonable/helpful

▸ 3 for talking to boy/man

▸ 4 jokes/fun things etc.

▸ 5 different plant/animal

1. ) count any activity in which players or teams compete against each other, usually an activity that involves physical effort:

Jess has never liked sports.

Bob's sport is tennis.

Soccer is a popular women's sport in the U.S.

professional/amateur sports: You can earn a lot of money playing professional sports.

team sport: My favorite team sport is baseball.

a ) sports only before noun relating to sports or involved in sports:

the newspaper's sports section

a sports team

sports fans/writers

2. ) count INFORMAL someone who always behaves in a reasonable way and is always willing to help:

Andy was a real sport and agreed to play for the other team.

a good sport: Thanks Shelly, you're always such a good sport.

3. ) count AMERICAN and AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL used for talking in a friendly way to a boy or man:

Hey sport, how are you?

4. ) uncount OLD-FASHIONED jokes or things you do for fun:

in sport: It was done in sport, but it hurt some feelings nonetheless.

5. ) count SCIENCE a plant or animal that is different in a noticeable way from other plants or animals of the same type

sport

sport 2 [ spɔrt ] verb

1. ) transitive to wear something, often in a way that shows you want people to notice it:

He's sporting a T-shirt and baseball cap like every other 17-year-old.

a ) used about things other than clothes, for example expressions:

The boys all sported guilty grins.

2. ) intransitive OLD-FASHIONED to play happily