sported

Verb

sport (third-person singular simple present sports, present participle sporting, simple past and past participle sported)

1. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
   • children sporting on the green
2. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
   • Jen sports with Bill's emotions.
3. (transitive) 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

   Synonyms:

   rock, wear

4. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
   • Against whom do ye sport yourselves?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 57:4
5. (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
   • Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
6. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

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