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sporting

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sporting (adjective)
  2. sport (verb)
  3. sporting blood (noun)
  4. sporting editor (noun)
  5. sporting girl (noun)
  6. sporting house (noun)
  7. sporting page (noun)
  8. sporting powder (noun)

sport·ing

adj \ˈspȯr-tiŋ\

Definition of SPORTING

1
a : of, relating to, used, or suitable for sport; especially : trained for trapping or retrieving game <sporting dogs> b : marked by or calling for sportsmanship c : involving such risk as a sports contender may expect to take or encounter <a sporting chance>
2
: of or relating to dissipation and especially gambling
3
: tending to mutate freely
— sport·ing·ly adverb
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Examples of SPORTING

  1. It wasn't very sporting of you to trip him.

First Known Use of SPORTING

1799

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