Usually means: Watching others compete for entertainment.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word spectator sport:

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  1. spectator sport: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spectator sport: Merriam-Webster
  3. spectator sport: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spectator sport: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spectator sport: Vocabulary.com
  6. spectator sport: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. spectator sport: Wiktionary
  8. spectator sport: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. spectator sport: Dictionary.com
  10. Spectator sport: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. spectator sport: Rhymezone
  12. spectator sport: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spectator sport: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. spectator sport: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See spectator_sports as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spectator sport)

noun:  A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.
noun:  (idiomatic) Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.
noun:  (idiomatic) An activity which consists of watching or observing.

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