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Definition: Sporting |
SportingAdjective1. Marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct". 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sporting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: SportingSynonyms: betting (adj), card-playing (adj), clean (adj), dissipated (adj), gambling (adj), sportsmanlike (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie. |
Contention | Competition, rivalry; corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap; regatta; field day; sham fight, Derby day; turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana; boat race, torpids. |
Endearment | Noun: endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment; _panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing. |
Killing | Sporting; piscatorial, piscatory. |
Slaughtering; phthisozoics; sport, sporting; the chase, venery; hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing; pig-sticking; sportsman, huntsman, fisherman; hunter, Nimrod; slaughterhouse, meat packing plant, shambles, abattoir. | |
Mart | Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. |
Pursuit | Chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing; venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ed Furillo, I sell sporting goods. (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal) I can hardly look at her without sporting wood. (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg) Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I am sporting a tremendous woody. (Short Circuit; writing credit: Brent Maddock; S.S. Wilson) I must say, the most recent campus sporting event was quite spectacular. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Movie/TV Titles | This Sporting House (1969) A Sporting Chance (1945) Sporting Blood (1940) This Sporting Age (1932) Sporting Blood (1931) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Male fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, sporting its large protective claw as it attempts to hide under the glasswort, Salicornia sp. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Plate 32. Fur-seals sporting around the "Bidarrah." A view of the Reef Point and Gorbatch Rookery on the horizon. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Great Britain, British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital, Newton-Abbot, England. : British Tommies sporting the flags of allied nations. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. Navy sailors attending a sporting event in England, probably during World War I, with British soldiers in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |
 | 'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunity for the Western news media to lionize dissidents and to play politics'. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Newsboys admiring sporting goods, Jackson, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Canadian scenes. Sporting goods store display window with scooter bikes, fishing equipment and other items. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | McQuinn's sporting goods, business. Exterior of McQuinn's sporting goods shop. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sporting event poster showing athletes running a race as spectators cheer. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks' great English play, Sporting life. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Charge!; bugle; racing; sporting event; baseball; track; horse race; battle. | | Bugle; brass; military instrument; horseracing; track; sporting event; baseball. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The father and son stopped near the basin in which the two swans were sporting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Health | Several different types of protective plugs and muffs are available in most pharmacies, hardware stores, and sporting goods stores. (references) | |
Business | The Philippine consumer knows his sporting goods and equipment. (references) | |
In addition, some retail outlets carry sporting goods on consignment basis. (references) | ||
Sporting goods are generally distributed by both exclusive and non-exclusive distributors. (references) | ||
Economic History | Italy | Loudspeakers are used for advertising at sporting events. (references) |
Sweden | The sporting goods market excluding sports wear is worth approx. (references) | |
Japan | Also, China remains a strong competitor in the sporting goods market. (references) | |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | While most products and services are exempt from licensing, oil, natural gas, pyrotechnical products, sporting guns, and ammunition require an import license. (references) |
BOLIVIA | For instance, Bolivia has undertaken several commitments in telecommunications; hospital services; hotels and restaurants; travel agencies and tour operators; and recreational, cultural and sporting services. (references) | |
FINLAND | Medicines, books, passenger transportation, accommodation, TV licenses, admission fees to cultural and entertainment events, cinema performances and use of sporting facilities are taxed at an eight percent rate. (references) | |
Trade | Turkey | Sporting and hunting rifles are exempt from MND licensing. (references) |
France | This is mandatory for all products fulfilling publicly funded contracts, as well as for all machinery, tools, household appliances, sporting equipment, toys, etc. (references) | |
Finland | Sport facilities usage, medicines, books, cinemas, passenger transport services, hotel and other accommodation, entertainment performances, sporting events, zoos, museums, and other such events or institutions are taxed at 8 percent. (references) | |
Travel | Philippines | Similarly, sporting facilities such as golf courses and scuba diving sites are abundant. (references) |
South Africa | Travelers must declare all goods in their possession with the exception of personal clothing, essential toilet articles, and used sporting equipment. (references) | |
Australia | Carnets may be obtained for temporary duty-free entry of goods, such as commercial samples, jewelery, goods for international exhibitions, equipment for sporting events, professional television and film equipment, etcetera. (references) | |
Women | Iran | Women are prohibited from attending male sporting events, although this restriction does not appear to be enforced universally. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Neither the bill supporters nor I believe anything should be done to infringe upon the legitimate right of our citizens to bear arms for hunting and sporting purposes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sporting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 45.27% of the time. "Sporting" is used about 591 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 45.27% | 268 | 17,996 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 32.94% | 195 | 21,939 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.24% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.87% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (common) | 0.68% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 591 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Chile | Valparaiso Sporting Club SA | USA | Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "sporting": a sporting chance ♦ equidae intended for sporting events ♦ sporting book ♦ sporting cartridge ♦ sporting chance ♦ sporting dog ♦ sporting editor ♦ sporting event ♦ sporting goods ♦ sporting gun ♦ sporting house ♦ sporting interest ♦ sporting lady ♦ sporting life ♦ sporting man ♦ sporting paper ♦ sporting plant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sporting": sporting-goods, sporting-right, sporting-wise. | |
Ending with "sporting": logo-sporting, non-sporting, semi-sporting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dick sporting goods | 8,020 | sporting news.com | 185 |
sporting good | 6,559 | discount sporting goods | 153 |
sporting news | 4,797 | champ goods sporting | 141 |
big 5 sporting goods | 1,248 | oshmans sporting goods | 132 |
sporting goods store | 1,032 | dick sporting goods store | 125 |
sporting life | 692 | big5 sporting goods | 121 |
dick sporting | 530 | gaylans goods sporting | 109 |
online sporting goods | 409 | dick sporting goods.com | 109 |
academy sporting goods | 404 | sporting dog | 102 |
sporting | 365 | sporting news radio | 98 |
chick sporting goods | 364 | sporting equipment | 91 |
sporting good store | 347 | 5 big sporting | 86 |
sporting clay | 322 | scheels sporting goods | 85 |
dick sporting good | 286 | sporting goods wholesale | 81 |
wilson sporting goods | 233 | copelands goods sporting | 81 |
modells sporting goods | 228 | camp goods sporting | 78 |
big five sporting goods | 220 | sporting event ticket | 78 |
galyans sporting goods | 212 | sporting event | 72 |
dunhams sporting goods | 203 | reed sporting goods | 66 |
mc sporting goods | 188 | sporting store | 66 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sporting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbavitje (amusement, distraction, divertissement, entertainment, revel, spree), lodër (drum, game, play, plaything, tiddly-winks, toy), argëtim (amusement, cabaret, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, recreation, relaxation, revel, rollick, sport, spree, tittup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, sharp, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, suave, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed), رياضي (athletic, gymnast, mathematical, sportive, sporty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спортсменски (sportsmanlike, sporty), спортен (sports, sporty), рискован (adventurous, chanceful, chancy, hazardous, insecure, parlous, perilous, precarious, queasy, risky, speculative, touch and go, unsound, venturesome), криещ известен риск, занимаващ се със спорт, интересуващ се от спорт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 炫耀 (Sported). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | správný (correct, good, grammatical, just, precise, proper, regular, right), sportovní (athletic, sports, sportsmanlike, sporty), zábavný (amusing, delectable, entertaining, humorous, light, pleasant), férový (sportsmanlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ordinære bidrag(medlemsgebyrer)fra husholdninger til faglige,politiske,sportslige,kulturelle eller religiøse organisationer eller sammenslutninger (cultural, regular subscriptions paid by households to trade unions and political, religious and similar organisations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | periodieke bijdragen en contributies die door gezinshuishoudingen worden betaald aan vakverenigingen,politieke partijen,sportverenigingen,culturele of religieuze verenigingen,enzovoort (cultural, regular subscriptions paid by households to trade unions and political, religious and similar organisations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | urheilu-uutinen (sporting news), urheilumaailma (sporting world), reilu käytös (sporting conduct), metsästyskoira (hound, sporting dog), metsästyskivääri (sporting gun), metsästäjän vastuuvakuutus (hunting insurance, sporting gun insurance), metsästäjän tapaturmavakuutus (hunting insurance, sporting gun insurance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sportif (sportive, sports, sportsman, sportsmanlike, sporty), sport (sport), cotisations périodiques versées par les ménages aux organisations syndicales,politiques,sportives,culturelles,religieuses,etc., chic (spick and span, sport, sportsmanlike, sporty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sportlich (athletic, casual, natty, racy, snazzily, snazzy, sportsmanlike, sporty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ριψοκίνδυνοσ (adventurous, hazardous, plunger, reckless, venturesome), αθλητικόσ φίλαθλοσ, αθλητικόσ (athletic), τακτικές συνδρομές που καταβάλλουν τα νοικοκυριά στα εργατικά συνδικάτα και πολιτικούς,θρησκευτικούς και άλλους παρόμοιους συλλόγους. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ו'ן (decent, equitable, fair, reasonable, seemly, straight, suitable, upright), ספורטיבי (sportsmanlike, sporty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sportoló (athlete, jock, sportman, stiff), sport (athletics, game, sport, sports). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sportivo (athlete, athletes, sports, sportsman, sporty), quote periodiche versate dalle famiglie alle organizzazioni sindacali,politiche,sportive,culturali o religiose,ecc. (cultural, regular subscriptions paid by households to trade unions and political, religious and similar organisations), possibile (feasible, possible, probable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 運動具 (sporting goods), 戯事 (wanton sporting), 戯れ事 (wanton sporting), スポーツ新聞 (fire-engine, spoil, spoils system, sponsor, sporting newspaper, sporty, spot, spot announcement, spot campaign, spot check, spot commercial, spot news, spotlight, syringe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たわむれ"と (wanton sporting), ざれ"と (a joke, joke, nonsense, silly things, wanton sporting), う"どうぐ (sporting goods), スポーツし"ぶ" (sporting newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shelgeyraght (cynegetics), jannoo aittys (clown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ortingspay relativo a desporto, próprio de desportista (sportsmanlike), folgazão (canty, frolic, frolicsome, gamesome, jolly, merry, rakish, rollicking, sportful, sportive, volatile), contribuições periódicas pagas pelas famílias s organizações sindicais,políticas,desportivas,culturais,religiosas,etc. (cultural, regular subscriptions paid by households to trade unions and political, religious and similar organisations), brincalhão (frisky, frolic, gamesome, jester, jesting, jocular, joker, joky, kittenish, larky, mischievous, playful, prankish, rollicking, sportful, sportive, tricksy, waggish, wanton). (various references) sportiv (sport, sportive, sports, sportsman), vânãtoare (chase, field, fowling, game, gunning, Hunt, hunting, whaling), joc (acting, dance, dancing, game, lap, lost motion, pastime, recreation, sport), distracţie (absence-mindedness, amusement, dalliance, distraction, diversion, do, drollery, entertainment, frolic, fun, jest, jocularity, jollity, merriment, merry making, pastime, recreation, revel, skittle, sport), cinstit (above board, candid, chaste, clean-fingered, correctly, fair, foursquare, gentlemanlike, guileless, honest, honestly, honest-minded, honorable, honourable, mensurable, on the level, on the up and up, open, reliable, reputable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, simple, sincere, sincerely, sportsmanlike, Square, straightforward, true, trustful, truthful, unfeigned, upright, venerable, virtuous). (various references) охота (chase, hunting, hunting-party, readiness, shikar, shoot, shooting), забава (amusement, fun, panic), игра (game, innings, pastime, performance, piping, play, potato head, racquetball, slack). (various references) mireag (frisking). (various references) skopčan s opasnošću, koji se bavi sportom, bavljenje sportom. (various references) deportivo (sport, sports, sportsmanlike, sporty). (various references) sportslig, sportig (sporty), idrotts- (athletic). (various references) sportmence (sportsmanlike, sporty), sportif (sport), spor (spore, sport, sports), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, downright, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), avcılık (hunting, shooting, the chase), av (catch, chase, fowling, Hunt, hunting, kill, killing, pickup, prey, quarry, shikar, shoot, shooting). (various references) спортивний (athletic, sports), забава (amusement, fun, sport, toy), заповзятливий (adventurous, go ahead), полювання (chase, chivvy, chivy, hunting, shoot, venation). (various references) trung thực; dũng cảm, thẳng thắn (downright, fair, fair-dealing, fairly, forthright, frank, free-hearted, hunky, level, plain-spoken, sporty, square, straight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 26, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egeneto de polucronioV ekei parakuyaV de abimelec o basileuV gerarwn dia thV quridoV eiden ton isaak paizonta meta rebekkaV thV gunaikoV autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cumque pertransissent dies plurimi et ibi demoraretur prospiciens Abimelech Palestinorum rex per fenestram vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whan many dayes weren passid, and there dwellyd, the kyng Abymalech of Palestynes biholdynge thury a wyndow, sawy hym pleiynge with Rebecca, his wiyf. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And it happened after he had bene there longe tyme yt Abimelech kinge of ye Philistias loked out at a wyndow and sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 26, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug nahitabo nga, sa nagpuyo siya didto sa daghang mga adlaw, si Abimelech, nga hari sa mga Filistihanon, mitambo sa usa ka tamboanan, ug hingkit-an niya si Isaac nga naglingawlingaw uban kang Rebeca nga iyang asawa. |
| Croatian | Kako su se ondje duže zadržali, kralj Filistejaca Abimelek jednom pogleda kroz prozor i opazi kako Izak miluje svoju ženu Rebeku. |
| Danish | Men da han havde boet der en Tid lang, hændte det, at Filisterkongen Abimelek lænede sig ud af Vinduet og så Isak kærtegne sin Hustru Rebekka. |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde, als hij een langen tijd daar geweest was, dat Abimelech, de koning der Filistijnen, ten venster uitkeek, en hij zag, dat, ziet, Izak was jokkende met Rebekka zijn huisvrouw. |
| Finnish | Kun hän oli viipynyt siellä jonkun aikaa, niin tapahtui, että Abimelek, filistealaisten kuningas, kerran katsellessaan ulos akkunasta näki Iisakin hyväilevän vaimoansa. |
| French | Comme son séjour se prolongeait, il arriva qu`Abimélec, roi des Philistins, regardant par la fenêtre, vit Isaac qui plaisantait avec Rebecca, sa femme. |
| German | Als er nun eine Zeitlang da war, sah Abimelech, der Philister König, durchs Fenster und ward gewahr, daß Isaak scherzte mit seinem Weibe Rebekka. |
| Haitian Creole | Izarak te gen kèk tan depi l' te rete la. Yon jou, Abimelek, wa moun Filisti yo, t'ap gade nan fennèt li, li te wè Izarak ki t'ap pase men sou Rebeka, madanm li. |
| Hungarian | És lõn idõ multával, hogy Abimélek a Filiszteusok királya kitekintvén az ablakon, látá Izsákot enyelegni Rebekával az õ feleségével. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setelah Ishak tinggal di sana beberapa lama, pada suatu hari Raja Abimelekh memandang dari jendelanya, dan dilihatnya Ishak sedang bercumbu-cumbu dengan Ribka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekali peristiwa, setelah sudah lama ia diam di sana, ditengoklah oleh Abimelekh, raja orang Filistin, dari pada tingkapnya; sesungguhnya terlihatlah ia akan Ishak itu tengah bergurau dengan Ribkah, isterinya. |
| Maori | A ka maha ona ra ki reira, ka titiro atu a Apimereke, kingi o nga Pirihitini, i te matapihi, a ka kite, na, ko Ihaka e takaro ana ki a Ripeka, ki tana wahine. |
| Norwegian | Da han nu hadde vært der en tid, hendte det engang at Abimelek, filistrenes konge, så ut gjennem vinduet og fikk se at Isak kjærtegnet Rebekka, sin hustru. |
| Portuguese | Ora, depois que ele se demorara ali muito tempo, Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus, olhou por uma janela, e viu, e eis que Isaque estava brincando com Rebeca, sua mulher. |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq wederea lui acolo se lungise, s`a kntkmplat cq Abimelec, kmpqratul Filistenilor, uitkndu-se pe fereastrq, a vqzut pe Isaac juckndu-se cu nevastq-sa Rebeca. |
| Swedish | Men när han hade varit där en längre tid, hände sig en gång, då Abimelek, filistéernas konung, blickade ut genom fönstret, att han fick se Isak kärligt skämta med sin hustru Rebecka. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sporting": sportingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sporting": cotransporting, disporting, nonsporting, transporting. (additional references) | |
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"Sporting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sbordini, sporing, sproing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sporting" (pronounced spô"rting) |
| 7 | s p ô" r t i ng | exporting, nonsporting, transporting. |
| 6 | -p ô" r t i ng | deporting, homeporting, importing, porting, purporting, reporting, supporting, underreporting. |
| 5 | -ô" r t i ng | aborting, cavorting, consorting, courting, distorting, exhorting, extorting, resorting, shorting, snorting, sorting, thwarting. |
| 4 | -r t i ng | carting, charting, darting, departing, escorting, imparting, marting, parting, restarting, smarting, starting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, depicting, depleting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, extenuating, exterminating, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, respecting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smelting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, speculating, spitting, splitting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: porting, posting, prosing, sorting, sporing, stoping, storing, trigons, tropins. | |
-2 letters: gipons, girons, griots, grison, groins, ingots, intros, nitros, opting, orpins, pingos, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, poring, posing, postin, prints, prions, prison, prongs, prosit, ripost, roping, rosing, signor, soring, spigot, spinor, spinto, spring, sprint, stingo, string, strong, tigons, toping, trigon, trigos, tripos. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: pastoring, posturing, progestin, riposting, sprouting, stropping. | |
+2 letters: disporting, fingerpost, posturings, presorting, progestins, prognostic, prosecting, protesting, purgations, repositing, respotting, sportingly, stoppering, supporting. | |
+3 letters: coscripting, fingerposts, groupthinks, hotpressing, interposing, nonsporting, outpourings, outpressing, patronising, personating, postforming, postmarking, progenitors, prognathism, prognostics, prosecuting, proselyting, prospecting, prostrating, protagonist, resprouting, ripsnorting, sporulating, temporising, topdressing, transposing, triphthongs, trypsinogen. | |
+4 letters: conscripting, copresenting, expurgations, impregnators, misreporting, nephrologist, outcroppings, outpromising, outsparkling, outspreading, outsprinting, outstripping, overstepping, petrogenesis, phrenologist, predigestion, preignitions, prognathisms, propagandist, propagations, prorogations, prostituting, protagonists, redepositing, rustproofing, sportfishing, stenographic, stereotyping, thoroughpins, topdressings, transporting, trapshooting, trypsinogens, unstoppering, upholstering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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