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Another word for sport

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Noun

  1. Activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement

    See also:

    work

  2. Actions taken as a joke

    See also:

    work

Verb

  1. To occupy oneself with amusement or diversion

    See also:

    work

  2. To make a public and usually ostentatious show of

    See also:

    show

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Another word for sport

Noun

  1. Entertainment

    See also:

    game

    fun

    entertainment

  2. A joke

  3. Athletic or competitive amusement

  4. *A person with sporting instincts

    See also:

    rascal

    clown

Verb
  1. See also:

    wear

Idioms:

    for or in sport

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Sentence Examples

  • You be there to show her what a good sport you are.

  • There remained a second rope, various books on the sport of ice climbing and a few pitons.

  • The man, dressed in slacks and sport shirt, was entering the newly renovated Beaumont Hotel.

  • Unfortunately, 'No Trespassing' is a more familiar sign to this sport, than this one.

  • At Bankside were the Bear and the Paris Gardens, used for the popular sport of bear and bull baiting; and the Globe theatre, the scene of the production of many of Shakespeare's plays for fifteen years after its erection in 1599.

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