sport
A game or activity people do for fun or competition, usually needing physical effort and skill.
An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which individuals or teams compete against each other for entertainment.
Someone who acts nicely and fairly, even when they lose or something goes wrong.
A person who shows fairness, generosity, or good humor, especially in difficult situations or competition.
To joke about someone in a nice way that is not meant to hurt.
To make fun of someone in a playful, friendly manner.
To wear or show something so people will notice it.
To wear or display something in a way that attracts attention or shows pride.
- Base: sport
- Plural: sport, sports
- Base: sport
- 3rd Person Singular: sports
- Present Participle: sporting
- Past: sported
good sport
1Person who stays fair and cheerful
Someone who stays nice and fair even when they lose or have problems.
- Thanks for helping out—you’re a good sport!
- Even after losing the game, she was a good sport.
make sport of [someone/something]
1Mock someone for fun
To laugh at someone or something to be funny, often in an unkind way.
- They made sport of his old-fashioned clothes.
- It’s wrong to make sport of people’s mistakes.
poor sport
1Person who reacts badly to losing
Someone who is not nice when they lose or have problems.
- Don’t be a poor sport just because you didn’t win.
- He’s such a poor sport when he loses at cards.