sportful


sport

S0664800 (spôrt)n.1. a. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.b. often sports(used with a sing. verb) Such activities considered as a group: Sports is a good way for children to get exercise.2. a. A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement: "the sport of trying to eat [a bratwurst] with anything fewer than four paper napkins" (Jane Kramer).b. Fun; amusement: balanced on the curb just for the sport of it.3. 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.4. 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 A fair-minded person, especially one who accepts teasing or difficult situations well: Be a sport and show me where you caught those fish.c. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.5. Informal a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.b. A gambler at sporting events.6. Biology An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation.7. Obsolete Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.v. sport·ed, sport·ing, sports v.intr.1. To play or frolic: children sporting in the waves.2. To joke or trifle: "Lear ... in a storm, half mad, sported with by the gods" (Cynthia Ozick).v.tr.1. To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously: sports diamond earrings; sports a tattoo.2. To have as a prominent feature: a car sporting a new paint job.adj. or sports1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports: sport fishing; sports equipment.2. Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear: a sport shirt.
[Middle English sporte, short for disporte, from Old French desport, pleasure, from desporter, to divert; see disport.]
sport′ful adj.sport′ful·ly adv.sport′ful·ness n.