"blood sport" meaning in English

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Noun

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': 84 7 10
  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: 9 12 79 Disambiguation of Violence: 21 22 57 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 21 62 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 29 53 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality

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