sport

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Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

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Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a sport.
That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2)
(RQ:Sidney Arcadia)
a. 1765, year of origin unknown, ''Hey Diddle Diddle'' (traditional rhyme)

The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

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Mockery, making fun; derision.
(RQ:Shakespeare Merry Wives)
A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
(RQ:Dryden Aeneis)
{{quote-text|en|year=a. 1676|author=John Clarke|title=On Governing the Temper
Gaming for money as in racing, hunting{{, or fishing.
A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as defects.
(RQ:Haggard She)
(quote-journal) (Gardening)| date=26 September 2014| passage=At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports.
A sportsman; a gambler.
One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
An amorous dalliance.
A friend or acquaintance ''(chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)''
(quote-journal)
(non-gloss).
Play; idle jingle.
1725-1726, (w), ''The Odyssey''

An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage (..)would meet with small applause.

To amuse oneself, to play.
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
{{quote-text|en|year=1663|author=John Tillotson|title=The Wisdom of being Religious
To display; to have as a notable feature.
To divert; to amuse; to merry.
(RQ:KJV)
To represent by any kind of play.
(RQ:Dryden Juvenal Satires)
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.
{{quote-text|en|year=1860|author=Charles Darwin|title=The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
To close (a door).
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A sport; (l).

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