sporting
adjective
[ ˈspɔːtɪŋ ]
• connected with or interested in sport.
• "a major sporting event"
• fair and generous in one's behaviour or treatment of others, especially in a contest.
• "it was jolly sporting of you to let me have first go"
Similar:
sportsmanlike,
sportsmanly,
generous,
gentlemanly,
considerate,
good,
fair,
just,
honourable,
decent,
sport
verb
• wear or display (a distinctive item).
• "he was sporting a huge handlebar moustache"
• play in a lively, energetic way.
• "the children sported in the water"
Similar:
play,
have fun,
amuse oneself,
entertain oneself,
enjoy oneself,
divert oneself,
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp,
cavort,
caper,
lark about,
lark around,
disport oneself,
wanton,
rollick,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘pastime, entertainment’): shortening of disport.
