sporting Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
   sport; feature; boast.
   
   • she was sporting a new hat
2. verb play boisterously
   disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
   
   • The children frolicked in the garden
   • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
   • The toddlers romped in the playroom
3. adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
   sporty; clean; sportsmanlike.
   
   • a clean fight
   • a sporting solution of the disagreement
   • sportsmanlike conduct
4. adjective relating to or used in sports
   
   • sporting events
   • sporting equipment
5. adjective satellite involving risk or willingness to take a risk
   
   • a sporting chance
   • sporting blood
6. adjective satellite preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
   dissipated; betting; card-playing.
   
   • led a dissipated life
   • a betting man
   • a card-playing son of a bitch
   • a gambling fool
   • sporting gents and their ladies

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