sports
/spɔːɹts/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
Example Sentences
- "But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports From sport + -s.
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.