"blood sport" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: blood sports [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blood sport (countable and uncountable, plural blood sports)
  1. (literally) A sport involving the killing or the shedding of blood of animals. Tags: countable, literally, uncountable Synonyms: bloodsport Translations (sport involving the killing of animals): 流血運動 (Chinese Mandarin), 流血运动 (liúxuè yùndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kwelspel [neuter] (Dutch), veriurheilu (Finnish), ブラッド・スポーツ (buraddo-supōtsu) (Japanese), крова́вая заба́ва (krovávaja zabáva) [feminine] (Russian), крова́вый спорт (krovávyj sport) [masculine] (Russian), deporte sangriento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blood_sport-en-noun-gefQT8Hk Disambiguation of 'sport involving the killing of animals': 79 8 13
  2. (figuratively) Any activity that revels in the misfortune of others, or taking advantage of others. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-blood_sport-en-noun-PVNMQums
  3. (BDSM) Synonym of bloodplay Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): BDSM, Death, Violence Synonyms: bloodplay [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-blood_sport-en-noun-s3Pgj~rU Disambiguation of Death: 1 1 98 Disambiguation of Violence: 17 22 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 27 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 26 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 24 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 24 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 23 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 23 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 21 60 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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