Meanings
sports1
- pluralplural of sport
present singular third person sportses · participle present sportsing · participle past sportsed · past sportsed
- To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 841 more example
And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.
2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140
sports2
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
Origin
sports · noun, noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
- Proto-Italic*portā
- Proto-Italic*portāō
- Latinportāre
- Old Frenchporter
- Anglo-Normandesporter
- Middle Englishdisporten
- Middle Englishsporten
- Englishsport
- Englishsports
From sport + -s (plural suffix).
Full word history & related roots →sports · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
- Proto-Italic*portā
- Proto-Italic*portāō
- Latinportāre
- Old Frenchporter
- Anglo-Normandesporter
- Middle Englishdisporten
- Middle Englishsporten
- Englishsport
- Englishsports
From sport + -s (verb suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sports
All rhymes →Cite this entry
sports. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports
“sports.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sports,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports.
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