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blood sport

noun

Definitions

  1. A sport involving the killing or the shedding of blood of persons or animals.

  2. Any activity that revels in the misfortune of others, or taking advantage of others.

    • Shopping here is bloodsport, and you are the game, but the vendors are friendly.
    • Debating the topic, of course, is practically a blood sport. There is an essay genre devoted to “Leaving New York.”

  3. Synonym of bloodplay.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blood sport. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA