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sporting

sporting

1 6.7
Living a life of gambling and betting
  • adjective
  • /ˈspɔrtɪŋ/
  • Archaic
: dado al juego
  • He enjoys a sporting lifestyle, often visiting casinos and betting on horse races.
  • a sporting life

Examples

  • She is known for her sporting spirit, always ready to roll the dice at the gaming table.

  • The sporting community gathered to celebrate the upcoming poker tournament this weekend.

  • Get The Sporting Times.

    Stan & Ollie (2018)

  • Get The Sporting Times.

    Stan & Ollie (2018)

  • From a distance of twenty years, the Sporting Club, the Race-Track Neighborhood, on the other side of the tram tracks.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Yes, I'm doing a sport sports gambling men's lifestyle show at the Mandalay Berry with M light idea.

  • TRENT MANSION - SPORTING ROOM - NIGHT

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

gambling
vssporting
9 4.3

A person who often places bets or plays games to try to win money

is broadly devoted to pleasure rather than only to repeated betting
dissipated
vssporting
1 8.6

A person who spends health and money on pleasure without self control

is about seeking pleasure rather than overindulging without restraint
card-playing
vssporting
1 3.0

A person who often plays card games for fun or money

is generally interested in pleasure beyond just deck games

Antonyms

serious
∞ 1.4

Calm and focused, not playful or joking

Compounds

sporting goods
  • US
24 1.8

Items used for sports, like balls or rackets

sporting chance
  • UK
1 3.5

A fair possibility of success that is not certain

sporting man
1 4.1

A man who enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and fishing

sporting life
  • Archaic
1 6.0

A life spent going to races and betting on sports

sporting woman
1 4.6

A woman who enjoys outdoor sports and activities

sporting dog
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A dog bred and trained to help hunters find and retrieve game birds

sporting house
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A house where people pay for sex

sporting lady
  • NSFW
9.9

A woman who has sex for money, used in older books

sporting man
  • Archaic
7.9

A man who enjoys a lively life and often bets on sports

How Playful

playful
72 1.6
sporting
  • Archaic
1 6.7
amused
84 1.0
serious
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

sporting positive

Morphology

sporting = sport (semi-transparent) = sport + ing

The word is clearly built from 'sport', but the gambling and pleasure-related sense has developed beyond the core modern meaning of the base word.

Etymology

Sporting comes from sport, which long ago also described a life of games, bets and enjoyment. So a 'sporting' life or person meant someone who enjoyed gambling, parties and pleasure.