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Meaning of 'sporting' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sporting [ a.]
- Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
2 . Sporting [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Sport

Meaning of 'sporting' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sporting [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to or used in sports
Example in sentence:
  • sporting equipment;
  • sporting events
2 . sporting [ s]
Meaning (2):
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
Example in sentence:
  • a betting man;
  • a card-playing son of a bitch;
  • a gambling fool;
  • led a dissipated life;
  • sporting gents and their ladies
Meaning (3):
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
Example in sentence:
  • a clean fight;
  • a sporting solution of the disagreement;
  • sportsmanlike conduct
Meaning (4):
- involving risk or willingness to take a risk
Example in sentence:
  • a sporting chance;
  • sporting blood

Nearby Words:

spodomancy spodomantic spodumene spoffish spoil spoilable spoiled spoiler spoilfive spoilful

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