sports bar

noun

Synonyms of sports barnext
: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia

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Also hopping are Fuego, a sports bar that transforms into a nightclub in the evening with live music, and Pure, which often gets a line stretching from one end of Murphy Avenue to the other for its line-up of famous DJs and performers. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 Gayer in the 80s and 90s Martin, who is the manager of Sidelines Sports Bar and Billiards, a gay sports bar in Lower South End, has lived in the Charlotte area for most of his life. Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026 This was why people turned to religion or watched the Super Bowl at a sports bar instead of alone in their living room. Danielle Parker, CBS News, 19 June 2026 More a sophisticated salon than sports bar, Champagne is doing the invigorating work for those in the pursuit of luxury and a hat trick that giant LED screens will be doing elsewhere. Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sports bar was in 1975

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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