See Also: sport 1, noun(dictionary)
SPORT(finance)
sport(1)(dictionary)
sport(2)(dictionary)
Sport(medicine)
Sport First(dictionary)
blood sport(dictionary)
sport shirt(dictionary)
Sunday Sport, The(dictionary)
sport jacket(dictionary)

sport 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?games?
2 ?hunting?
3 ?helpful person?
4 a good sport
5 a bad/poor sport
6 ?man/boy?
7 ?fun?
8 make sport of somebody
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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: disport]
?GAMES?
a) [C] a physical activity in which people compete against each other
::My favourite sports are tennis and swimming.
::a sports team
::a sports club
::I've been playing sports all my life.
::All students are encouraged to take part in a sport.
::a sports field
::He picked up the newspaper and turned to the sports pages.
::They have excellent sports facilities.
::A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
::Football is one of the most popular spectator sports (=sports watched by a lot of people) .
b) [U] BrE sports in general
::Why is there so much sport on TV?
::I always hated sport at school.
?HUNTING?
[C] an activity that people do in the countryside, especially hunting or fishing
::the sport of falconry
::a demonstration by people opposed to blood sports (=sports that involve killing animals)
?HELPFUL PERSON?
[C usually singular] also good sport
old-fashioned a helpful cheerful person who lets you enjoy yourself
be a sport
(=used when asking someone to help you)
::Be a sport and lend me your bike.
a good sport
someone who does not get angry when they lose at a game or sport
a bad/poor sport
someone who gets angry very easily when they lose at a game or sport
?MAN/BOY?
spoken a) AusE used when speaking to someone, especially a man, in a friendly way
::See you later, sport.
b) AmE old-fashioned used when speaking to a boy in a friendly way
?FUN?
[U] old-fashioned fun or amusement
::Did she torment him merely for sport?
make sport of sb
old-fashioned to joke about someone in a way that makes them seem stupid
-see also field sports , water sports , winter sports
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HINT sense 1
The uncountable use of sport is British English only: There's too much sport on TV. In American English, the plural sports is used: He likes watching sports on TV.