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trashsport

trashsport noun: an entertainment that is supposedly a sport but has no real sporting content.

Noun

trashsport (countable and uncountable, plural trashsports)

  1. (derogatory) An entertainment that is supposedly a sport but has no real sporting content.
    • Trashsport can be described as novel sports competition designed to entertain television viewers.1990 March 23, Jack Craig, “NBC TO REVIVE TRASHSPORTS”, in Boston Globe

Forms of trashsport

pluraltrashsports

Origin of trashsport

From trash + sport.

Questions about trashsport

What does trashsport mean?
Trashsport means an entertainment that is supposedly a sport but has no real sporting content.
What part of speech is trashsport?
Trashsport is a noun.
What is the plural of trashsport?
The plural of trashsport is trashsports.

Words near trashsport in the dictionary

  1. trashposts
  2. trashrack
  3. trashracks
  4. trashscape
  5. trashscapes
  6. trashsport
  7. trashsports
  8. trashtalk
  9. trashtalked
  10. trashtalking
  11. trashtalks

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