disporting

verb

present participle of disport
1
as in amusing
to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport

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2
as in playing
to engage in activity for amusement a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities

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3
as in dancing
to play and run about happily the puppies disported in the backyard while we ate on the patio

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4
as in displaying
to present so as to invite notice or attention football fans triumphantly disported the sports memorabilia for which they had just paid extravagant prices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disporting
  1. amusing
  2. playing
  3. dancing
  4. displaying
  5. regaling
  6. frolicking
  7. cavorting
  8. exhibiting
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  • The podcast added its own layer of lighthearted commentary, signaling that even those closest to the Kelce family found the coverage amusing rather than newsworthy.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The podcast, which has become a cultural touchstone in its own right, signaled that even those closest to the Kelce family found the coverage amusing rather than newsworthy.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of amusing
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  • Bailey, for comparison, has a Fielding Run Value of +4 despite playing significantly more innings.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Then again for a referee assessor on March 14, 2012, while South Korea was playing Qatar in another Olympic qualifier.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of playing
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  • Temwa Chawinga, who plays for the Kansas City Current in the NWSL, logged her fifth goal of the tournament, dancing around falling Algerian goalkeeper Chloe N’Gazi and scoring into the open net in first-half stoppage time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Totality also brought glimpses of pinkish-red prominences—fountains of plasma arcing above the sun’s surface, dancing at the moon’s edge.
    — Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dancing
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  • The antibodies recognized cells displaying the mutant KRAS fragment while avoiding cells carrying the normal version of the protein.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But the world’s appetite for fossils has exploded in recent years, with social media awash in videos of fossil hunters displaying their finds, and prices for perfect specimens soaring.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of displaying
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  • One morning earlier this week, Thomas Lupo, the president and CEO of the American Wood Column Corporation, was in his office regaling two young entrepreneurs with tales of his 110-year-old family business.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 June 2026
  • His mind was as sharp as a tack, again regaling us with amazing hockey stories.
    — Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of regaling
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  • The linocut print depicts women and children frolicking together by the shoreline.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Pictures of healthy-looking people frolicking under avocado trees or whatever.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of frolicking
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  • Euphoric players cavorting in disbelief, long-suffering fans crumpling to their knees in tears, commentators’ voices cracking at the drama of it all.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
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  • Starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill, the 1981 Possession centered on a woman going through a divorce who begins exhibiting bizarre behavior.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Rodriguez, who is is 50, said seeing someone more than 30 years his senior exhibiting so much energy on stage was an inspiring sign that getting older doesn’t necessarily mean slowing down.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhibiting
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“Disporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disporting. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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