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sporting

adjective

1 sporting

Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play:
— A sporting solution of the disagreement.

synonyms: clean, sportsmanlike, sporty.

Roget 361: killing etc. v.; murderous, slaughterous; sanguinary, sanguinolent; blood stained, blood thirsty; homicidal, red handed; bloody, bloody minded; ensanguined, ... show more

2 sporting

Relating to or used in sports.

Polish: sportowy

3 sporting

Involving risk or willingness to take a risk.

4 sporting

Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance:
— Sporting gents and their ladies.

synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated.


noun

Roget 361: killing etc. v.; homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, trucidation, iccusion; effusion of blood; blood, blood shed; gore, slaughter, ... show more

Roget 622: pursuit; pursuing etc. v.; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise etc. (undertaking) 676; business etc. 625; ... show more

Roget 720: contention, strife; contest, contestation; struggle; belligerency; opposition etc. 708.    controversy, polemics; debate etc. (discussion) ... show more

Roget 902: endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment; panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: acrobatic, agonistic, athletic, betting, cardsharping, casting lots, chase, chevy, chivy, coursing, cynegetics, fair-minded, falconry, fox hunting, gambling, gaming, gunning, gymnastic, hawking, hazarding ... show more.

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