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sporting

sporting

1 6.7
Living a life of gambling and betting
  • adjective
  • /ˈspɔrtɪŋ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : 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

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
gambling
vssporting
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
8.6

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

is about seeking pleasure rather than overindulging without restraint

Antonyms

serious
452 1.4

Calm and focused, not playful or joking

Compounds

sporting goods
  • US
19 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 dog
  • Specialized
1 3.4

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

sporting lady
  • NSFW
1 9.9

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

sporting man
1 4.1

A man who enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and fishing

sporting house
  • NSFW
9.9

A house where people pay for sex

sporting life
  • Archaic
6.0

A life spent going to races and betting on sports

sporting man
  • Archaic
7.9

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

sporting woman
4.6

A woman who enjoys outdoor sports and activities

How Playful

playful
79 1.6
sporting
  • Archaic
1 6.7
amused
18 1.0
serious
452 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.