n. | 1. | That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. |
| 2. | Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. |
| 3. | That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. |
| 4. | Play; idle jingle. |
| 5. | Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked. |
| 6. | (Bot. & Zool.) 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. |
| 7. | A sportsman; a gambler. |
v. i. | 1. | To play; to frolic; to wanton. |
| 2. | To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. |
| 3. | To trifle. |
| 4. | (Bot. & Zool.) 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To divert; to amuse; to make merry; - used with the reciprocal pronoun. |
| 2. | To represent by any kind of play. |
| 3. | To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage. |
| 4. | To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; - with off; as, to sport off epigrams. |