SPORT (2)

sport (2). Sport, v. to play, make merry, divert, trifle, game

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Sport, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sported; p. pr. & vb. n. Sporting.] 1. 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton.
, sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold. Milton. 2. 2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
3. 3. To trifle. “He sports with his own life.” Tillotson.
4. 4. (Bot. & Zoöl.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; — said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6. Darwin.
Syn. — To play; frolic; game; wanton.