sport

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sport/spɔːt/

▶noun

• 1 an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

  ■ success or pleasure derived from an activity such as hunting.

• 2 informal a person who behaves in a good or specified way in response to teasing, defeat, etc.

• 3 chiefly Austral./NZ a friendly form of address, especially between unacquainted men.

• 4 dated entertainment; fun.

• 5 Biology a spontaneously mutated animal or plant showing abnormal or striking variation from the parent type.

▶verb

• 1 wear or display (a distinctive or noticeable item).

• 2 amuse oneself or play in a lively, energetic way.

– phrases
the sport of kings horse racing.

– derivatives
sporter noun.

– origin ME: shortening of disport.