'Sporting' definitions:
Definition of 'sporting'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike]
adjective
Relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
adjective
Involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
adjective
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" [syn: dissipated, betting, card- playing, sporting]
Definition of 'Sporting'
From: GCIDE
- Sport \Sport\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sported; p. pr. & vb. n. Sporting.]
- 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton. [1913 Webster]
- [Fish], sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To trifle. "He sports with his own life." --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot. & Zool.) 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. See Sport, n., 6. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To play; frolic; game; wanton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sporting'
From: GCIDE
- Sporting \Sport"ing\, a. Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. [1913 Webster]
- Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. --C. Kingsley.
- Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like.
- Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horse racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.
- Sporting plant (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sporting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrobatic,
- agonistic,
- athletic,
- betting,
- cardsharping,
- casting lots,
- chase,
- chevy,
- chivy,
- coursing,
- cynegetics,
- fair-minded,
- falconry,
- fox hunting,
- gambling,
- gaming,
- gunning,
- gymnastic,
- hawking,
- hazarding,
- hunt,
- hunting,
- palaestral,
- play,
- playing,
- risking,
- shikar,
- shooting,
- sortition,
- speculation,
- sport,
- sports,
- sportsmanlike,
- sportsmanly,
- square-dealing,
- square-shooting,
- staking,
- stalking,
- still hunt,
- venery,
- wagering
Words containing 'Sporting'
- In sport,
- Sport,
- Sported,
- Sportful,
- Sportfully,
- Sportfulness,
- Sportingly,
- Sporting book,
- Sporting house,
- Sporting man,
- Sporting plant,
- blood sport,
- contact sport,
- equestrian sport,
- field sport,
- outdoor sport,
- spectator sport,
- sport car,
- sport coat,
- sport fish,
- sport jacket,
- sport kite,
- sport shirt,
- sport utility,
- sporting chance,
- sporting dog,
- sporting goods,
- sporting lady,
- sporting life,
- sports announcer,
- sports arena,
- sports car,
- sports coat,
- sports commentator,
- sports desk,
- sports editor,
- sports equipment,
- sports fan,
- sports implement,
- sports jacket,
- sports medicine,
- sports meeting,
- sports page,
- sports section,
- sports stadium,
- sports writer,
- team sport,
- water sport,
- To sport one's oak,
- sport utility vehicle