sport
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(noun) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
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Synonyms: athletics |
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Related Words: aquatics, archery, athletic game, bloodsport, boxing, contact sport, cycling, diversion, equitation, field sport, fisticuffs, grappling, gymnastics, horseback riding, judo, outdoor sport, pugilism, racing, rassling, recreation, riding, row, rowing, skating, skiing, sledding, track and field, water sport, wrestling |
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(noun) the occupation of athletes who compete for pay |
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Related Words: business, line, line of work, occupation, professional baseball, professional basketball, professional boxing, professional football, professional golf, professional tennis, professional wrestling |
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(verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" |
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Synonyms: boast, feature |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(satellite adjective) (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident in inland Maine |
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(noun) someone who engages in sports |
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Synonyms: sportsman, sportswoman |
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Related Words: athlete, jock |
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(noun) verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun" |
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Synonyms: fun, play |
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Related Words: clowning, comedy, drollery, funniness, humor, humour, jocosity, jocularity, pun, punning, waggery, waggishness, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay |
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(noun) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration |
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Synonyms: mutant, mutation |
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Related Words: being, freak, life form, living thing, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity, organism |
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(verb) play or romp around; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows" |
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Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark |
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Related Words: play, skylark |
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