Sporting
Sport·ing
Sporting
a.
- Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
Phrases & Compounds
- Sporting book
- a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like.
- Sporting house
- a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like.
- Sporting man
- one who practices field sports; also, a horse racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.
- Sporting plant
- a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant.