SPORTING

• (adj.) relating to or used in sports

  "sporting events", "sporting equipment"

• (adj.) involving risk or willingness to take a risk

  "a sporting chance", "sporting blood"

• (adj.) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

  "a clean fight", "a sporting solution of the disagreement", "sportsmanlike conduct"

  synonyms : clean , sportsmanlike , sporty

• (adj.) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

  "led a dissipated life", "a betting man", "a card-playing son of a bitch", "a gambling fool", "sporting gents and their ladies"

  synonyms : betting , card-playing , dissipated

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