sports bar

noun

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

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Plus, children can eat for free at the restaurant and sports bar Draft, with a purchase of an adult entree. Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025 The sports bar chain’s expansion only seems that fast. Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Dhawan plans to construct a one-story, 14,490-square-foot rear addition to house a commercial kitchen, sports bar and banquet hall − seating around 275 people. Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The teen soap is everywhere, dissected on social media, played on the screens of sports bars during weekly watch parties, and discussed in unexpected places from NFL practices to movie premiere red carpets. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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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 24 Sep. 2025.

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