Sport | Mean of sport in English Dictionary

/ˈspoɚt/

• Noun
• a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other
1. My favorite (competitive) sports are tennis and volleyball.
2. the sport of boxing
3. Do you play a sport? = Do you play any sports?
4. Baseball is a team sport. [=a sport played by teams]
5. My brother likes sports. [=he enjoys playing and/or watching games such as football, baseball, basketball, golf, etc.]
6. I like watching sports on TV.
7. She likes to play sports.
• sports in general
1. He's not interested in sport. [=(US) sports]
2. She likes to play sport.
• a physical activity (such as hunting, fishing, running, swimming, etc.) that is done for enjoyment
1. Ice-skating with friends is my favorite sport.
2. He hunts and fishes for sport. [=he hunts and fishes because he enjoys it and not as a job or because he needs food for survival]

• someone who is kind or generous
1. Be a (good) sport and let him play with you.
• in a joking way
1. Don't take offense. I was only saying it in sport. [=in fun]
• to laugh at and make jokes about (someone or something) in an unkind way
1. They made sport of [=made fun of] the way he talked.
• done for enjoyment rather than as a job or for food for survival
1. sport fishing/hunting
• participating in an activity (such as hunting or fishing) for enjoyment rather than as a job or for food for survival
1. a sport fisherman
• Verb
• to wear (something) in a way that attracts attention
1. She showed up at the party sporting a bright red hat.
• to play in a happy and lively way
1. The lambs sported [=frolicked] in the meadow.