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That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. |
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Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. |
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That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play;
a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. |
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Play; idle jingle. |
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Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing,
racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked. |
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A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which
has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal
variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting. |
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A sportsman; a gambler. |
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To play; to frolic; to wanton. |
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To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to
be given to betting, as upon races. |
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To trifle. |
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To assume suddenly a new and different character from the
rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud,
shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6. |
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To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the
reciprocal pronoun. |
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To represent by any knd of play. |
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To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as,
to sport a new equipage. |
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To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out
in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams. |
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