Meaning

• Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

• Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose.

  "Joe was banned from getting legal help. He seemed to view lawsuits as a sport."

• A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

  "Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser."

• Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

  "You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you."

• That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

• Mockery, making fun; derision.

• A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

• Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.

• 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.

• A sportsman; a gambler.

• One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.

• An amorous dalliance.

  "Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike."

• (usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)

• Play; idle jingle.

Meaning

• To amuse oneself, to play.

  "children sporting on the green"

• To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

  "Jen sports with Bill's emotions."

• To display; to have as a notable feature.

  "Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat"

• To divert; to amuse; to make merry.

• To represent by any kind of play.

• To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

• 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.

• To close (a door).