sport

noun

• 1an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment:team sports such as soccer and rugby [mass noun]:I used to play a lot of sport (as modifier sports)a sports centre
• (sports) British an occasion on which people compete in various athletic activities:I won the 200 metres in the school sports
• [mass noun, usually with adjective] success or pleasure derived from an activity such as hunting or fishing:I have heard there is good sport to be had in Buttermere
• [mass noun] dated entertainment; fun:it was considered great sport to catch him out
• archaic a source of amusement or entertainment:I do not wish to show myself the sport of a man like Wildeve

• 2 informal a person who behaves in a good or specified way in response to teasing, defeat, or a similarly trying situation:go on, be a sport! Angela’s a bad sport
• chiefly Australian/NZ used as a friendly form of address, especially between men who do not know each other:hold on, sport!

• 3 Biology an animal or plant showing abnormal or striking variation from the parent type, especially in form or colour, as a result of spontaneous mutation.

verb

• 1 [with object] wear or display (a distinctive item):he was sporting a huge handlebar moustache

• 2 [no object] play in a lively, energetic way:the children sported in the water