sport

Definition

  • noun: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other
  • verb: to amuse oneself
  • verb: to wear (something) in a way that attracts attention
  • often used in the plural especially in U.S. English to refer to sports in a general way
  • synonyms: frolic, beau brummel, monopoly

Examples

  • 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]

  • My brother likes 'sports'. [=he enjoys playing and/or watching games such as football, baseball, basketball, golf, etc.]

  • He lost but he was a 'good sport' about it. [=he was not rude or angry about losing]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and sticking your tongue in her holiest of holies... ain't the same fucking ballpark. It ain't the same league. It ain't even the same fucking sport. Look, foot massages don't mean shit. Have you ever given a foot massage? Don't be telling me (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction