sports /spɔːɹts/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •physical activity such as games and races, in which people often try to beat each other verb1 •To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed. — 1981 formssportsed · sportsing · sportses