"sporting" in the verb sense
1. sport, feature, boast
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"she was sporting a new hat"
2. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
play boisterously
"The children frolicked in the garden"
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"
"The toddlers romped in the playroom"
"sporting" in the adjective sense
1. clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight"
"a sporting solution of the disagreement"
"sportsmanlike conduct"
2. sporting
relating to or used in sports
"sporting events"
"sporting equipment"
3. sporting
involving risk or willingness to take a risk
"a sporting chance"
"sporting blood"
4. dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
"led a dissipated life"
"a betting man"
"a card-playing son of a bitch"
"a gambling fool"
"sporting gents and their ladies"
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