sporting

Definition of sporting in English English dictionary: Exhibiting sportsmanship
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.; Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.; Having a reasonable chance of success
A sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long-shot?.; Present participle of sport; {s} of or pertaining to sports; involved or interested in sports; sportsmanlike; of or pertaining to gambling; involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"; relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment; If you have a sporting chance of doing something, it is quite likely that you will do that thing. There was a sporting chance they would meet, but not necessarily at the party; Sporting means relating to sports or used for sports. major sporting events, such as Wimbledon and the World Cup finals. a huge sporting goods store; relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"; Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports; involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood" relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment; marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"; preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
sporting houses: plural form of sporting house
Sporting News: weekly American magazine devoted to professional and college sports
sporting chance: A fair chance for success
sporting chance: reasonable chance for victory
sporting club: country club, place where people go to perform different kinds of athletic activities
sporting dog: a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns
sporting goods: sporting equipment, sports accessories
sporting life: active interest in gambling on sports events
sporting man: athlete, one who engages in sports
sporting man: someone who enjoys outdoor activities someone who leads a merry existence; especially a gambler on the outcome of sporting events
sport: to mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with
sport: Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive
sport: A sportsman; a gambler, one who consorts with less than reputable people, including prostitutes
sport: to amuse oneself, to play
sportingly: In a sporting manner, demonstrating good sportsmanship
sport: {n} diversion, pastime, jest, game, gingle
sport: {v} to play, make merry, divert, trifle, game
sport: To divert; to amuse; to make merry; used with the reciprocal pronoun
sport: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
sport: To trifle
sport: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition the occupation of athletes who compete for pay (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine someone who engages in sports wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat
sport: verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"
sport: Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision
sport: A change which sometimes occurs in an established cultivar This may involve growth characteristics or mopre usefully a change in colour
sport: A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
sport: A spontaneous mutation in growth habit or flower character (such as color or doubleness) that occurs on an established variety; it is most often seen as a branch that differs noticeably from its parent plant Plants propagated from the sport reproduce it as a distinct new variety Typical of a growth sport is a climbing form of a bush variety An example of a color sport is 'Chicago Peace', with blossoms in a blend of pink and orange-yellow; it was found on a plant of 'Peace', which normally bears light yellow and pink flowers
sport: Sports are games such as football and basketball and other competitive leisure activities which need physical effort and skill. I'd say football is my favourite sport She excels at sport Billy turned on a radio to get the sports news
sport: suitable for use in athletic activities
sport: See Sporting plant, under Sporting
sport: That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery
sport: Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport
sport: {i} game, athletic competition (especially one held outside); athletic activities collectively; recreation; jest; mockery; fair or sportsmanlike person (Informal); one known for the manner in which he follows rules and gets along with others (Informal)
sport: A sportsman; a gambler
sport: (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine
sport: A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects
sport: Play; idle jingle
sport: Soldier Portable-System Repair Tool
sport: to bear a mark or wound with embarrassment
sport: A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery
sport: To play; to frolic; to wanton
sport: Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp
sport: That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement
sport: the NORBA race catagory between beginner and expert
sport: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
sport: approval If you say that someone is a sport or a good sport, you mean that they cope with a difficult situation or teasing in a cheerful way. He was accused of having no sense of humor, of not being a good sport
sport: An amorous dalliance
sport: To represent by any knd of play
sport: A variation or mutation that occurs within the plant and differs from the rest of the plant
sport: A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth
sport: A sport is a mutation (genetic change), naturally occurring or induced to arise from a bud It differs from the parent plant and can be vegetatively propagated to give rise to a new cultivar
sport: the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
sport: A naturally occurring, spontaneous genetic change in a plant
sport: To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal
sport: – an individual arising from the result of mutation or chimeral rearrangement that is genotypically or phenotypically different from the original individual
sport: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
sport: someone who engages in sports
sport: To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races
sport: when money is staked
sport: To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; with off; as, to sport off epigrams
sport: to wear (something) with pride
sport: To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage
sport: Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing
sport: (mutation) Natural or induced genetic change, often exhibited as a variegated shoot or flower from the parent plant Sports can be vegetatively propagated to give rise to new cultivars
sport: See Sport, n
sport: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
sport: {f} frolic, play; engage in sports; ridicule; trifle, joke, tease; show off, display ostentatiously
sport: A phenomenon whereby a spontaneous mutation occurs within an otherwise stable plant variety It is caused by a genetic mutation and not as a result of cross pollination
sportingly: so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner
sportingly: In sport; sportively