Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Sportful /(-fụl)/ · Sport·ful · IPA 01 a. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. 1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. “Down he alights among the sportful herd.” — Milton. 2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. “They are no sportful productions of the soil.” — Bentley.