sport

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [U] (BrE) (AmE sports [pl.]) activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules: There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation. * I'm not interested in sport. * the use of drugs in sport 2 [C] a particular form of sport: What's your favourite sport? * team / water sports * a sports club seealsoBLOODSPORT, FIELDSPORTS, SPECTATORSPORT, WINTERSPORTS 3 [C] (informal, especially AustralE) used as a friendly way of greeting sb, especially a man: How are you doing, sport? * Good on you, sport! 4 [U] (formal) amusement or fun: The comments were only made in sport. * to make sport of (= to joke about) sb/sth 5 [C] (technical) a plant or an animal that is different in a noticeable way from its usual type IDIOMS be a (good) sport (informal) to be generous, cheerful and pleasant, especially in a difficult situation: She's a good sport. * Go on, be a sport (= used when asking sb to help you). verb 1 [VN] to have or wear sth in a proud way so that everyone can see: to sport a beard / a diamond ring / a flower in your buttonhole * She was sporting a T-shirt with the company's logo on it. 2 [V+adv./prep.] (literary) to play in a happy and lively way \