sporting

About 3.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of sport
2. adjective Pertaining to sports

   He got a job in a sporting goods store.

3. adjective Exhibiting sportsmanship.

   Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.

4. adjective Fair, generous; game.

   It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

5. adjective Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
6. noun The act of taking part in a sport.

Similar words

sportsmanlike gambling betting adventurous adventuresome indulgent dissipated fair just clean

Often followed by

events goods a event news and activities life with in

Word family

sportingly