(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) Something fun, pastime; amusement.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) Mockery, making fun; derision.
(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
(countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
(countable, slang) A sportsman; a gambler.
(countable, slang) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
(obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
(countable, informal, singular, uncountable, usually) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
(countable, uncountable) Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) Play; idle jingle.

(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
(intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
(transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
(reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
(transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
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.
(archaic, transitive) To close (a door).

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