polo

Definitions

1. A surname from Italian or Spanish
2. A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
   uncountable, usually
3. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.
4. A dress shirt.
   Philippines
5. A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal
6. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
   uncountable, usually
7. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates
8. A polo shirt.
   countable, usually
9. A polo shirt
10. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands
11. A dress shirt

Equivalents

Examples

“There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like⟳ a drunken bet⟳ about golf and horse riding.”

“Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.”

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