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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

SPORT



I. verb
Etymology: Middle English, to divert, disport, short for disporten
Date: 15th century
intransitive verb

1. to amuse oneself ; frolic , to engage in a sport,

2. to mock or ridicule something, to speak or act in jest ; trifle , to deviate or vary abruptly from type (as by bud variation) ; mutate , transitive verb to display or wear usually ostentatiously ; boast , to put forth as a sport or bud variation,

II. noun
Date: 15th century


1. a source of diversion ; recreation , sexual play, c. physical activity engaged in for pleasure, a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in,

2. pleasantry , jest , often mean-spirited jesting ; mockery , derision ,

3. something tossed or driven about in or as if in play, laughingstock ,

4. sportsman , a person considered with respect to living up to the ideals of sportsmanship , a companionable person, an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue, see: fun

III. adjective or sports
Date: 1582
of, relating to, or suitable for sports