Sport Definition–noun | 1. | an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. | | 2. | a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors. | | 3. | diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime. | | 4. | jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously. | | 5. | mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him. | | 6. | an object of derision; laughingstock. | | 7. | something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything. | | 8. | something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc. | | 10. | Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well. | | 11. | Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler. | | 12. | Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant. | | 13. | Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation. | | 14. | Obsolete. amorous dalliance. | –adjective | 15. | of, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport. | | 16. | suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation. | | 18. | to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal. | | 19. | to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport. | | 20. | to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions. | | 21. | to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life. | –verb (used with object) | 23. | to pass (time) in amusement or sport. | | 24. | to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away). | | 25. | Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat. | | 26. | Archaic. to amuse (esp. oneself). | —Idiom | 27. | sport one's oak. oak (def. 5). | |
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And Definition–conjunction | 1. | (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils. | | 2. | added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4. | | 3. | then: He read for an hour and went to bed. | | 4. | also, at the same time: to sleep and dream. | | 5. | then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed. | | 6. | (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out. | | 7. | (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened. | | 8. | Informal. to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet. | | 9. | (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and
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I'll scream. | | 10. | but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours. | | 11. | (used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family. | | 12. | (used to introduce a comment on the preceding clause): They don't like each other—and with good reason. | | 13. | Archaic. if: and you please. Compare an 2 . | –noun | 14. | an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular: He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it. | —Idioms | 16. | and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera: We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth. | | 17. | and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like: It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on. | |
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Recreation Definition–noun | 1. | the act of creating anew. | | 2. | something created anew. | |
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