c. 1600, "playful;" 1799 as "characterized by conduct constant with that of a sportsman" (as in sporting chance, 1897), present-participle adjective from sport (v.).
a sporting solution of the disagreement
sporting events
sporting equipment
sporting blood
a sporting chance
sporting gents and their ladies
spork
sporo-
sporophyte
sporran
sport
sporting
sportive
sports
sportscast
sportsman
sportsmanlike
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