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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sport \Sport\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sporting}.]
1. To play; to frolic; to wanton.
[Fish], 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 {Sport}, noun, 6. --Darwin.
Syn: To play; frolic; game; wanton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sporting \Sport"ing\, adjective Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
{Sporting book}, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. --C. Kingsley.
{Sporting house}, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like.
{Sporting man}, one who practices field sports; also, a horse racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.
{Sporting plant} (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant. --Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: {clean}, {sporting}, {sporty}, {sportsmanlike}]
2: relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
3: involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
4: 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" [syn: {dissipated}, {betting}, {card- playing}, {sporting}]
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