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making sport of

making sport of is the present participle and gerund of make sport of.

Meaning of make sport of

Verb

make sport of (third-person singular simple present makes sport of, present participle making sport of, simple past and past participle made sport of)

  1. (idiomatic) To make fun of someone or something.
    • I never heard him say a hard word about anyone, and it visibly grieved him when the rest of us made sport of our schoolmates, especially those with hopes of being published in Troubadour.2003, Tobias Wolff, “Class Picture”, in Old School: a novel, 1st edition (fiction), quoted in Merriam-Webster, New York City, NY: Alfred A[braham]. Knopf, published 2003, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL...
    Synonyms:
    mock, ridicule, tease
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, sport, of.

Questions about making sport of

What is making sport of the present participle and gerund of?
Making sport of is the present participle and gerund of make sport of.

Words near making sport of in the dictionary

  1. making someone's teeth itch
  2. making someone's toenails curl
  3. making someone's toes curl
  4. making something of
  5. making something of oneself
  6. making sport of
  7. making strange
  8. making streaks
  9. making strides
  10. making sure
  11. making terms

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