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Webster 1913 Edition
Sport
Sport
(spōrt)
, Noun.
[Abbreviated from
disport
.] 1.
That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
It is as
sport
to a fool to do mischief. Prov. x. 23.
Her
sports
were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight. Sir P. Sidney.
Think it but a minute spent in
sport
. Shakespeare
2.
Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.
Then make
sport
at me; then let me be your jest. Shakespeare
3.
That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
Flitting leaves, the
sport
of every wind. Dryden.
Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the
sport
of his own ungoverned passions. John Clarke.
4.
Play; idle jingle.
An author who should introduce such a
sport
of words upon our stage would meet with small applause. Broome.
5.
Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.
6.
(Bot. & Zool.)
A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See
Sporting plant
, under Sporting
. 7.
A sportsman; a gambler.
[Slang]
In sport
, in jest; for play or diversion.
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?” Prov. xxvi. 19.
Syn. – Play; game; diversion; frolic; mirth; mock; mockery; jeer.
Sport
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sported
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sporting
.] 1.
To play; to frolic; to wanton.
[Fish],
Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold.
sporting
with quick glance,Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold.
Milton.
2.
To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
3.
To trifle.
“He sports with his own life.” Tillotson.
4.
(Bot. & Zool.)
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; – said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See , 6.
Sport
, Noun.
Darwin.
Syn. – To play; frolic; game; wanton.
Sport
,Verb.
T.
1.
To divert; to amuse; to make merry; – used with the reciprocal pronoun.
Against whom do ye
sport
yourselves? Isa. lvii. 4.
2.
To represent by any kind of play.
Now
sporting
on thy lyre the loves of youth. Dryden.
3.
To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear;
as, to
. sport
a new equipage[Colloq.]
Grose.
4.
To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; – with off;
as, to
. sport
off epigrams[R.]
Addison.
To sport one’s oak
. See under
Oak
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sport
SPORT
,Noun.
1.
That which diverts and makes merry; play; game; diversion; also, mirth. The word signifies both the cause and the effect; that which produces mirth, and the mirth or merriment produced.Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
Here the word denotes the cause of amusement.
They called Samson out of the prison-house; and he made them sport. Judges 16.
Here sport is the effect.
2.
Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth.Then make sport at me, then let me be your jest.
They made a sport of his prophets.
3.
That with which one plays, or which is driven about.To flitting leaves, the sport of every wind.
Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.
4.
Play; idle jingle.An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage, would meet with small applause.
5.
Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing.In sport. To do a thing in sport, is to do it in jest, for play or diversion.
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, am not I in sport? Proverbs 26.
SPORT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To divert; to make merry; used with the reciprocal pronoun.Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Isaiah 47.
2.
To represent by any kind of play.Now sporting on thy lyre the love of youth.
SPORT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To play; to frolick; to wanton.See the brisk lambs that sport along the mead.
2.
To trifle. The man that laughs at religion sports with his own salvation.Definition 2024
spórt
spórt
Irish
Alternative forms
- spóirt (Cois Fharraige)
Noun
spórt m (genitive singular spóirt)
Declension
Declension of spórt
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- culaith spóirt f (“tracksuit”)