Overview of verb sport

The verb sport has 2 senses

• sport, feature, boast -- (wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat")


• 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")

Overview of adj sporting

The adj sporting has 4 senses

• clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike -- (exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct")


• sporting -- (relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment")


• sporting -- (involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood")


• dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting -- (preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies")