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▸ noun: (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
▸ noun: (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
▸ noun: (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Mockery, making fun; derision.
▸ noun: (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
▸ noun: (biology, botany, zoology, countable) 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.
▸ noun: (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
▸ noun: (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
▸ noun: (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
▸ noun: Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
▸ verb: (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
▸ verb: (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
▸ verb: (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
▸ verb: To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
▸ verb: 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.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To close (a door).
▸ noun: Acronym of Strategic Partnership On REACH Testing.
Similar:
sportsman,
athletics,
sportswoman,
cavort,
play,
disport,
gambol,
romp,
run around,
rollick,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
baseball,
football,
basketball,
hockey,
soccer,
golf,
tennis,
swimming,
track and field,
lacrosse,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
good,
popular,
favorite,
great,
national,
competitive,
excellent,
professional,
favourite,
fine,
particular
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