Sporting
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:14 pts8 letters
Definition of Sporting
verb
- To amuse oneself, to play.
"children sporting on the green"
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
"Jen sports with Bill's emotions."
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
"Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat"
- To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- To represent by any kind of play.
adjective
- Pertaining to sports
"He got a job in a sporting goods store."
- Exhibiting sportsmanship.
"Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself."
- Having a reasonable chance of success.
"You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!"
- Fair, generous; ‘game’.
"It was very sporting of her to let us off like that."
- (obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
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