sporting goods
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1.8
- noun
- US
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artículos deportivos
- You can find this in the sporting goods department.
- sporting goods store
- sell sporting goods
If you go to a mass consumer sporting goods store or gun shop, the only holsters you can get are for this.
- If you go to a mass consumer sporting goods store or gun shop, the only holsters you can get are for this.
- And then where I ended up working, which was sporting goods and automotive.
- And for the metal detecting rating at Dick's Sporting Goods, I'd say it's pretty freaking good.
Examples
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They're opening department stores, sporting goods stores and flea markets.
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Archer finally stops in front of a sporting goods store.
Fiction book (1997) -
So I have an idea for a sporting goods store, right?
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- I manage a small sporting goods store.
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I bought this in a sporting goods store.
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You can find these at most travel stores and even some sporting goods stores.
Blog text (20) -
Luke and Bert were partners in a $4 million sporting goods business.
Fiction book (2000) -
I had a good season, 9-4, and worked the off year at a sporting goods store named Winners.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'd visited the sporting goods store and thought about buying the shiny black cleats in the window display.
Fiction book (1992) -
You can find this in the sporting goods department.
Synonyms
3
1.5
Things used to play a sport, like balls, racquets, or protective gear
An object like a bat or racket that you use to play a sport
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'sporting' (pertaining to sports) with 'goods' (products), so the meaning 'products/equipment for sports' is directly and compositionally derivable from its parts. This adjective + noun compositional pattern is common across languages and in English, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Sporting goods may come from the simple idea of items made for playing: sporting means 'for sport or play' and goods means 'items sold in a shop'. So shops used the phrase to show they sold equipment for games, and today sporting goods means 'equipment and gear for sports'.