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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†,
gory;
thuggish.
mortal,
fatal,
lethal;
dead,
deadly;
mortiferous†,
lethiferous†;
unhealthy
etc.
657;
internecine;
suicidal.
sporting;
piscatorial,
piscatory†.
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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,
carnage,
butchery;
battue†.
massacre;
fusillade,
noyade†;
thuggery,
Thuggism†.
deathblow,
finishing stroke,
coup de grace,
quietus;
execution
etc.
(capital punishment)
972;
judicial murder;
martyrdom.
butcher,
slayer,
murderer,
Cain,
assassin,
terrorist,
cutthroat,
garroter,
bravo,
Thug,
Moloch,
matador,
sabreur†;
guet-a-pens;
gallows,
executioner
etc.
(punishment)
975;
man-eater,
apache†,
hatchet man [U.S.],
highbinder [U.S.].
regicide,
parricide,
matricide,
fratricide,
infanticide,
feticide,
foeticide†,
uxoricide†,
vaticide†.
suicide,
felo de se†,
hara-kiri,
suttee,
Juggernath†;
immolation,
auto da fe,
holocaust.
suffocation,
strangulation,
garrote;
hanging
etc.
v.;
lapidation†.
deadly weapon
etc.
(arms)
727;
Aceldama†.
[Destruction of animals]
slaughtering;
phthisozoics†;
sport,
sporting;
the chase,
venery;
hunting,
coursing,
shooting,
fishing;
pig-sticking;
sportsman,
huntsman,
fisherman;
hunter,
Nimrod;
slaughterhouse,
meat packing plant,
shambles,
abattoir.
fatal accident,
violent death,
casualty.
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Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Roget 720:
contention,
strife;
contest,
contestation†;
struggle;
belligerency;
opposition
etc.
708.
controversy,
polemics;
debate
etc.
(discussion)
476;
war of words,
logomachy†,
litigation;
paper war;
high words
etc.
(quarrel)
713;
sparring
etc.
v..
competition,
rivalry;
corrivalry†,
corrivalship†,
agonism†,
concours†,
match,
race,
horse racing,
heat,
steeple chase,
handicap;
regatta;
field day;
sham fight,
Derby day;
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy†,
gymkhana†;
boat race,
torpids†.
wrestling,
greco-roman wrestling;
pugilism,
boxing,
fisticuffs,
the manly art of self-defense;
spar,
mill,
set-to,
round,
bout,
event,
prize fighting;
quarterstaff,
single stick;
gladiatorship†,
gymnastics;
jiujitsu,
jujutsu,
kooshti†,
sumo;
athletics,
athletic sports;
games of skill
etc.
840.
shindy†;
fracas
etc.
(discord)
713;
clash of arms;
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray;
affray,
affrayment†;
velitation†;
colluctation†,
luctation†;
brabble†,
brigue†,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash†,
bushfighting†.
free fight,
stand up fight,
hand to hand,
running fight.
conflict,
skirmish;
rencounter†,
encounter;
rencontre†,
collision,
affair,
brush,
fight;
battle,
battle royal;
combat,
action,
engagement,
joust,
tournament;
tilt,
tilting [Mediev.];
tournay†,
list;
pitched battle.
death struggle,
struggle for life or death,
life or death struggle,
Armageddon†.
hard knocks,
sharp contest,
tug of war.
naval engagement,
naumachia†,
sea fight.
duel,
duello [It];
single combat,
monomachy†,
satisfaction,
passage d'armes [Fr.],
passage of arms,
affair of honor;
triangular duel;
hostile meeting,
digladiation†;
deeds of arms,
feats of arms;
appeal to arms
etc.
(warfare)
722.
pugnacity;
combativeness
etc.
adj.;
bone of contention
etc.
713.
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Roget 902:
endearment,
caress;
blandishment,
blandiment†;
panchement,
fondling,
billing and cooing,
dalliance,
necking,
petting,
sporting,
sparking,
hanky-panky;
caressing.
embrace,
salute,
kiss,
buss,
smack,
osculation,
deosculation†;
amorous glances.
courtship,
wooing,
suit,
addresses,
the soft impeachment;
lovemaking;
serenading;
caterwauling.
flirting
etc.
v.;
flirtation,
gallantry;
coquetry.
true lover's knot,
plighted love;
love tale,
love token,
love letter;
billet-doux,
valentine.
honeymoon;
Strephon and Chloe†.
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