{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "spɔrt" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/sport.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/sport.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English sporten (verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun). More at disport." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics." }, { "mean": "(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.\nJen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.\nThe loser was a good sport, and congratulated Jen on her performance." }, { "mean": "(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.\nYou're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.\n1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Think it but a minute spent in sport.\nc. 1580 (date written)​, Philippe Sidnei , “ Chapter 21”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia , London: for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC, page 283:Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.\na. 1765, year of origin unknown, Hey Diddle Diddle (traditional rhyme)\nThe little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:hobby" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Mockery, making fun; derision.\nc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 58, column 2:Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt" }, { "mean": "(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.\n1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:\nflitting leaves, the sport of every wind\na. 1676, John Clarke, On Governing the Temper\nNever does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions." }, { "mean": "(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing." }, { "mean": "(biology, botany, zoology, countable) 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. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.\n1886 October – 1887 January, H Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:We never shot another like it, so I do not know if it was a `sport' or a distinct species.\n2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good ”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎:At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports." }, { "mean": "(slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler." }, { "mean": "(slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes." }, { "mean": "(obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance." }, { "mean": "(informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)\n1924 July, Ellis Butler, “The Little Tin Godlets”, in The Rotarian‎, volume 25, number 1, Rotary International, page 14:\"Say, sport!\" he would say briskly.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:friend" }, { "mean": "Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.\nHey, sport! You've gotten so big since I saw you last! Give me five." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Play; idle jingle.\n1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey\nAn author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.\nchildren sporting on the green" }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.\nJen sports with Bill's emotions.\n1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious\nHe sports with his own life." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.\n2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: noticed many of their pieces of debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, .\nJen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat" }, { "mean": "(reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.\n1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Isaiah 57:4:\nAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves?" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To represent by any kind of play.\n1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “ The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. , London: Printed for Jacob Tonson , →OCLC:Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth." }, { "mean": "To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races." }, { "mean": "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.\n1860, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication\nmore than one kind of rose has sported into a moss" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To close (a door).\n1904, M. R. 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