LookItUpsport
Meaning in simple English
US /spɔrt/ · UK /spɔːt/
sport means: An activity in which people use physical effort or skill to compete under agreed rules.
noun
An activity in which people use physical effort or skill to compete under agreed rules.
- Tennis is my favourite sport.
- She enjoys several different sports.
- Is swimming a popular sport here?
A physical game in which people play together in teams.
- Football is a popular sport.
- We play team sports at school.
- Which sport does your team play?
Someone who helps willingly or behaves pleasantly, even when things do not go their way.
- Be a sport and help me.
- He was a good sport about losing.
- Thanks for being such a sport.
Enjoyment or amusement, sometimes gained by laughing at another person.
- They chased each other for sport.
- The children thought hiding his shoes was good sport.
- She disliked people who made sport of strangers.
verb
To wear or have something that people easily notice.
- He sports a long beard.
- She sported a bright yellow jacket.
- The new buses sport the city's logo.
To play and enjoy yourself, often by running or moving about happily.
- Lambs sport in the meadow.
- The children sported beside the stream.
- We watched dolphins sporting in the waves.
To tease someone or treat their feelings or a serious matter as a game.
- Do not sport with her feelings.
- He sported with danger as though nothing could hurt him.
- She accused him of sporting with her affections.
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