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[ UK /spˈɔːt/ ]
[ US /ˈspɔɹt/ ]
NOUN
  1. an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
  2. (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
  3. a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
    a good sport
    a poor sport
  4. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
  5. the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
  6. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
    he said it in sport
    he became a figure of fun
  7. someone who engages in sports
VERB
  1. play boisterously
    the gamboling lambs in the meadows
    The toddlers romped in the playroom
    The children frolicked in the garden
  2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
    she was sporting a new hat

How To Use sport In A Sentence

  • We berate those who cross the line and leave the immature and underdeveloped open to the physical abuse of contact and collision sports.
  • Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
  • Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
  • A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
  • Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
  • In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
  • For instance, a few weeks ago in my sports statistics class, I envisioned a type of graph that’s a combination boxplot and lineplot — instead of turning towards Excel, I coded a Mathematica module to create this type of graph and then automate the creation of many of these. Wolfram Blog : Get Your Game On for Mathematics Awareness Month!
  • A light tubular chassis with an inline 8 cylinder engine was made by cobbling a couple of sports engines together.
  • Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. Oprah Winfrey 
  • Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true Fielding
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