[{"word":"sports","phonetic":"/spɔːts/","phonetics":[{"text":"/spɔːts/","audio":""},{"text":"/spɔɹts/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Joe was banned from getting legal help. He seemed to view lawsuits as a sport."},{"definition":"A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser."},{"definition":"Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you."},{"definition":"That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Mockery, making fun; derision.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A sportsman; a gambler.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An amorous dalliance.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike."},{"definition":"(usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Play; idle jingle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To amuse oneself, to play.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"children sporting on the green"},{"definition":"To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Jen sports with Bill's emotions."},{"definition":"To display; to have as a notable feature.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat"},{"definition":"To divert; to amuse; to make merry.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To represent by any kind of play.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To close (a door).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sport","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sports"]}]