sports

sport  (spôrt, sprt)

n.

1.

a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

b. A particular form of this activity.

2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

3. An active pastime; recreation.

4.

a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.

b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.

c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.

5.

a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.

b. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.

c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.

6. Informal

a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

b. A gambler at sporting events.

7. Biology An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation.

8. Maine See summercater. See Regional Note at summercater.

9. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

v. sport·ed, sport·ing, sports

v.intr.

1. To play or frolic.

2. To joke or trifle.

3. Biology To mutate.

v.tr.

To display or show off: "His shoes sported elevated heels" (Truman Capote).

adj. or sports

1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment.

2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.

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[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see disport.]

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sportful adj.

sportful·ly adv.

sportful·ness n.

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sports [spɔːts]

n

1. (General Sporting Terms) (modifier) relating to, concerned with, or used in sports sports equipment

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (modifier) relating to or similar to a sports car sports seats

3. (Social Science / Education) Also called sports day Brit a meeting held at a school or college for competitions in various athletic events

Translations

sports, (US also) sport in cpds → Sport-;

sports bar

n (esp US) → Sportkneipe f (inf), → Kneipe f → mit Sportübertragungen

sports bra

n → Sport-BH m

sports car

n → Sportwagen m

sportscast

n → Sportübertragung or -sendung f

sports centre, (US) sports center

n → Sportzentrum nt

sports commentator, (esp US) sportscaster

n → Sportreporter(in) m(f), → (Sport)kommentator(in) m(f)

sports coat

n = sports jacket

sports day

n (Brit) → (Schul)sportfest nt

sports department

n → Sportabteilung f

sports field, sports ground

n (Brit) → Sportplatz m

sports jacket

n → Sportjackett nt, → Sakko m or nt

sportsman

n (= player) → Sportler m; (= hunter) → Jäger m; sports of the year → Sportler m → des Jahres

sportsmanlike

adj → sportlich; (fig) behaviour, act etc → fair

sportsmanship

n (= skill) → Sportlichkeit f; (= fairness also) → sportliches Verhalten, Fairness f

sports medicine

n → Sportmedizin f

sports page

n → Sportseite f

sportsperson

n → Sportler(in) m(f)

sports programme, (US) sports program

n → Sportprogramm nt

sports section

n (of newspaper) → Sportteil m

sportswear

n (for sport) → Sportkleidung f; (= leisure wear) → Freizeitkleidung f

sportswoman

n → Sportlerin f; sports of the year → Sportlerin f → des Jahres

sports writer

n → Sportjournalist(in) m(f)