sporting meaning and definition

SPORTING adjective

Definition of sporting (adjective)

1. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
   • "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
   • synonyms: clean, sportsmanlike, sporty
2. relating to or used in sports
   • "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
3. involving risk or willingness to take a risk
   • "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
4. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
   • "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
   • synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated