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watersport

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aquatic sport

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of watersports (“sexual practice involving urine”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, rare

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watersports

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From water + sport.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 水上運動 /水上运动 (shuǐshàng yùndòng) — sport
  • Dutch: watersport — sport
  • Finnish: vesiurheilu — sport
  • French: sport aquatique — sport
  • Georgian: საწყლოსნო სპორტი (sac̣q̇losno sṗorṭi) — sport
  • Hungarian: vízi sport — sport
  • Italian: sport acquatico — sport
  • Japanese: ウォータースポーツ (wōtā supōtsu) — sport
  • Korean: 수상 스포츠 (susang seupocheu) — sport
  • Portuguese: esporte aquático — sport
  • Swedish: vattensport — sport
  • Finnish: pissaleikki — sexual practice
  • French: uro — sexual practice
  • Swedish: pisslekar — sexual practice