sports bar

noun

: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia

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According to this sports bar, a new hot watch party is on its calendar. Jaelyn Rodriguez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025 The Filson Queen City Kitchen & Bar – 25 E. Freedom Way, Downtown This sports bar at The Banks has catered to Reds and Bengals crowds since 2022, but with a sense of history as well. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025 Also on the list: The first restaurant from a great barbecue truck as well as a sports bar specializing in pizzas and wings with Filipino influences. Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Dining and bar spaces, including a sports bar area, will be spread across two floors of the venue. Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sports bar was in 1975

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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