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Meaning of sporting

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sporting
      adj 1: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a
             clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement";
             "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: {clean}, {sporting},
             {sporty}, {sportsmanlike}]
      2: relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting
         equipment"
      3: involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting
         chance"; "sporting blood"
      4: 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" [syn: {dissipated}, {betting}, {card-
         playing}, {sporting}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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