Definition of: sport

(spôrt, spōrt) noun
1. That which amuses in general; diversion; pastime.
2. A particular game or play pursued for diversion, especially an outdoor or athletic game, as baseball, football, track, tennis, swimming, etc.
3. A spirit of jesting or raillery.
4. That with which one sports; a toy; plaything.
5. Mockery; an object of derision: to make sport of someone; also, a laughingstock; butt.
6. Biol. An animal or plant, or one of its parts, that exhibits sudden and spontaneous variation from the normal type; a mutation.
7. Bot. A bud variation.
8. Colloq. One whose interest in sport lies chiefly in gambling; a gamester or gambler.
9. Colloq. One who lives a fast, gay, or flashy life.
10. A person characterized by his observance of the rules of fair play, or by his ability to get along with others: a good sport.
11. Archaic Amorous fondling; wanton dalliance.
—v.i.
1. To amuse oneself; play; frolic.
2. To participate in games.
3. To make sport or jest; trifle.
4. Bot. a To vary suddenly or spontaneously from the normal type; mutate. b To display bud variation.
5. Archaic Dial. To make love in a sportive or trifling manner.
—v.t.
6. Colloq. To display or wear ostentatiously; show off.
7. Obs. To amuse; divert. See synonyms under FRISK.
—adjective Of, pertaining to, or fitted for sports; also, appropriate for informal outdoor wear: a sport coat: also sports. [Aphetic var. of DISPORT]
—sport′er noun
—sport′ful adjective
—sport′ful·ly adverb
—sport′ful·ness noun Synonyms (noun): amusement, diversion, entertainment, frolic, fun, gaiety, gambol, game, jollity, joviality, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pastime, play, pleasure, prank, recreation. See ENTERTAINMENT, FROLIC.