sporting
sporting is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, sporting is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofsporting
- To amuse oneself, to play.
Example: "children sporting on the green"
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
Example: "Jen sports with Bill's emotions."
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
Example: "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).
- The act of taking part in a sport.
- Pertaining to sports
Example: "He got a job in a sporting goods store."
- Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Example: "Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself."
- Having a reasonable chance of success.
Example: "You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!"
- Fair, generous; ‘game’.
Example: "It was very sporting of her to let us off like that."
- (obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
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