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Noun sport has 6 senses

sport, athletics - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
--₁ is a kind of diversion, recreation
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb sport₂

sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
--₂ is a kind of occupation, business, job, line of work, line
--₂ has particulars:
professional boxing; professional wrestling; sumo; professional golf; professional football; professional baseball; professional basketball; professional tennis
sport, sportsman, sportswoman - someone who engages in sports
--₃ is a kind of athlete, jock
mutant, mutation, variation, sport - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
--₄ is a kind of organism, being
--₄ has particulars: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
sport - (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine
--₅ is a kind of vacationer, vacationist
fun, play, sport - verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"
--₆ is a kind of wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
--₆ has particulars:
jocosity, jocularity; waggery, waggishness; drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness; pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia

Verb sport has 2 senses

sport, feature, boast - wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
--₁ is one way to have, feature
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
--₂ is one way to play

Derived form: noun sport₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP