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sporting

DEFINITIONS OF: sporting

1

adj relating to or used in sports

“sporting events”
“sporting equipment”

adj exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

“a sporting solution of the disagreement”
Synonyms:
clean, sportsmanlike, sporty
fair, just
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

adj preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

“sporting gents and their ladies”
Synonyms:
betting, card-playing, dissipated
indulgent
characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

adj involving risk or willingness to take a risk

“a sporting chance”
“sporting blood”
Synonyms
adventuresome, adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
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