Sporting

Quick meaning: Sporting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of sport.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of sport.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
2. (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
3. (comparable) Fair, generous; game.
4. (not comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
5. The act of taking part in a sport.

Example Sentences

He got a job in a sporting goods store.

Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.

It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

New Yorkers coined the term “sporting culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.

Word Forms

• sportings

Synonyms for sporting

Depending on context, synonyms include indulgent, just, fair, clean, dissipated, adventurous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sportsmanlike, gambling, betting, adventurous, adventuresome, indulgent.

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