make sport of someone or something Definition

sport
noun

1a. An activity, pastime, competition, etc that usually involves a degree of physical exertion, eg football, tennis, squash, swimming, boxing, snooker, etc and which people take part in for exercise and/or pleasure;
1b. Such activities collectively. See also sports.

Example: enjoys watching sport on TV
2. Good-humoured fun.

Example: It was just meant to be a bit of sport
Thesaurus: game, amusement, entertainment, recreation, diversion, festivity, revelry, pleasure, enjoyment.
3a. colloq
Someone who is thought of as being fair-minded, generous, easy-going, etc;
Example: Be a sport and lend me your car
3b. colloq
Someone who behaves in a specified way, especially with regard to winning or losing;
Example: Even when he loses, he's a good sport
(Austral)
(NZ)
3c. colloq
A form of address that is especially used between men
Example: How's it going, sport?
(US)
3d. colloq
Someone, especially a man, who dresses in a flashy way, likes to live well, spend lots of money and generally show off.
4. literary
Someone or something that is manipulated or controlled by outside influences; a plaything.
Example: was but the sport of the gods
5. biol.
An animal or, more usually, a plant that displays abnormal characteristics as a result of a mutation or that is strikingly different from the parent.
6. slang
Pleasure or success that is derived from hunting, shooting, fishing, etc.
Example: bagged six grouse and had a good day's sport

verb sported, sporting

1. To wear or display, especially proudly.

Example: She sported a small tattoo
Thesaurus: wear, don, display, exhibit, show off.
2. biol.
To vary from, or produce a variation from, the parent stock.

Derivative: sportive

See separate entry.

Derivative: sporty

See separate entry.

Idiom: make sport of someone or something

old use
To make fun of or ridicule them or it.

Etymology: 15c: a shortened form of disport.