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sporting

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To amuse oneself, to play.
"children sporting on the green"
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
"Jen sports with Bill's emotions."
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"
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).

Pertaining to sports
"He got a job in a sporting goods store."
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
"Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself."
Having a reasonable chance of success.
"You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!"
Fair, generous; ‘game’.
"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.