Thesaurus: sporting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Sport
2. a. Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
3. adj. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
4. adj. relating to or used in sports
5. adj. involving risk or willingness to take a risk
6. adj. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
7. Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. 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.
8. Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibitingthe character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. Sportingbook, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, andthe like. C. Kingsley.-- Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, andthe like.-- Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horseracer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.-- Sporting plant (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offsetsuddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character fromthat of the rest of the plant. Darwin.
9. j:100 a. relating to or used in sports s. involving risk or willingness to take a risk