English Dictionary
◊ SPORTING
sporting
adj 1: marked by or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a
clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the
disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: {clean},
{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}, {gambling}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PORTING?
porting
Translating software to run on a different computer and/or
{operating system}.
(1995-01-06)