Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive. Although this seems easy enough to look up, it seems a lot of posters on here haven't. So here it is in all its raw glory, just thought I would clear this what is or isn't a sport up.
The definition of a sport
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The i think the more difficult question will become, what is not a sport? Chess? Board games? poker definitely has limited physical involvement beside pushing chips, toying with them. I thought that Chess was considered as a competitive sport. Maybe anything that requires sportsmanship is a sport.
I suppose in todays context what ever appeals to people more is a sport. The bigger the appeal the more sport it is!
I suppose in todays context what ever appeals to people more is a sport. The bigger the appeal the more sport it is!
MasterClass said:
So your baisically telling me no matter what the dictionary says your just going to pretty much make up your own definition....I admire that. Does chess require physical skill, no. Does poker, no. I mean it doesn't take that much effort to put this definition, THE definition to anything, and say well does this match? No? Than its not a sport. Why am I having to explain this again?
I am not telling you anything.
Not sure what you are admiring.
I think i am implying that poker is not a sport but is shown on a sports channel so maybe people consider some games a sport.
Dictionary has tons of definition some of which do not have practical application. And if i am not wrong they are written by human beings which i suspect has different opinion and interpretation of things depending on what society they come from.
Hey I almost forgot I am a from this planet too! And have opinion and different interpretation of things as well.
Sorry to intrude into your thread. Did not know that this was an off limit, not open for discussion thread.
I apologise.
Not sure what you are admiring.
I think i am implying that poker is not a sport but is shown on a sports channel so maybe people consider some games a sport.
Dictionary has tons of definition some of which do not have practical application. And if i am not wrong they are written by human beings which i suspect has different opinion and interpretation of things depending on what society they come from.
Hey I almost forgot I am a from this planet too! And have opinion and different interpretation of things as well.
Sorry to intrude into your thread. Did not know that this was an off limit, not open for discussion thread.
I apologise.
bruceree said:
Um from the outstanding responses ive got already....apparently it did.
MasterClass said:
Oh God, yes please lets go down the relativist road because its so fun and practical in and of itself. Sure, sure, you can define anything aaaaany way you want, because what is anything but someone's opinion, so its all subjective and things change from one culture to another, so there is not a definition of a sport, or right or wrong for that matter, and burning children alive is cool somewhere who are we to say its wrong because after all it would just be our opinion. Why must I deal with such nonsense?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sport
Sport
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -
Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spawrt, spohrt]
?noun
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
6. an object of derision; laughingstock.
7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
9. a sportsman.
10. Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well. 11. Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler.
12. Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant.
13. Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
14. Obsolete. amorous dalliance. ?adjective
15. of, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
16. suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes. ?verb (used without object)
17. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
18. to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
19. to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
20. to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions.
21. to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life.
22. Botany. to mutate. ?verb (used with object)
23. to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
24. to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
25. Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat.
26. Archaic. to amuse (esp. oneself). ?Idiom
27. sport one's oak. oak (def. 5).
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[Origin: 1350?1400; ME; aph. var. of disport]
?Related forms
sportful, adjective
Not exactly a simple definition
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If golf is a sport , then Billiards is a sport .....race car drivers are athletes and racing is a sport ...poker is a game mostly of luck , without the right cards it matters not how "skillful" a person may be.