sport

1. n. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. Source: opted

2. n. Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. Source: opted

3. n. That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. Source: opted

4. n. Play; idle jingle. Source: opted

5. n. Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked. Source: opted

6. n. 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. See Sporting plant, under Sporting. Source: opted

7. n. A sportsman; a gambler. Source: opted

8. v. i. To play; to frolic; to wanton. Source: opted

9. v. i. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. Source: opted

10. v. i. To trifle. Source: opted

11. v. i. 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. Source: opted

12. v. t. To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun. Source: opted

13. v. t. To represent by any knd of play. Source: opted

14. v. t. To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage. Source: opted

15. v. t. To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams. Source: opted

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