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   Sport, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sported; p. pr. & vb. n. Sporting.]
   To play; to frolic; to wanton.
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   [Fish], sporting with quick glance,
   Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold.
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   To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
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   To trifle. “He sports with his own life.” 
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   (Bot. & Zool.) 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. See Sport, n., 6.
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   Syn. -- To play; frolic; game; wanton.
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   Sporting, a. Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
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   Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. C. Kingsley. -- Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like. -- Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horse racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like. -- Sporting plant (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant. Darwin.
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