sporting
/ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/
adjectivenoun
Pertaining to sports
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Adjective 3 meanings
Pertaining to sports
“He got a job in a sporting goods store.”
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
“Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.”
Fair, generous; game.
“It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.”
Noun 1 meaning
The act of taking part in a sport.
Where it comes from
Etymology
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
SPORTING at a glance
SPORTING has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,459 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sporting
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- SPOTTING11
- SNORTING9
- SPOUTING11
- SHORTING12
- SPURTING11
- SPIRTING11
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