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Pony

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈpəʊni

Definitions

  1. A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
  2. Ellipsis of Pony International, an American brand of athletic gear.
  3. An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name.
  4. Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
  5. A horse of any size.
  6. Ellipsis of My Little Pony, a cartoon media-franchise based on anthropomorphic equines.
  7. a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
  8. A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
  9. A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
    Australia, New-South-Wales, Western
  10. Twenty-five pounds (money).
    UK, slang
  11. A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
    US, slang
  12. A ponytail hairstyle.
  13. One horsepower.
  14. A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
  15. A chorus girl of small stature.
  16. Ellipsis of Sony pony.

Equivalents

33 more languages
Беларускаяпоні
Bosanskijacajačaponiпони
Češtinaponík
Ελληνικάπόνι
Esperantoĉevaleto
Eestiponi
Suomiponi
Galegofaco
Hrvatskijacajačaponiпони
Magyarpóni
Bahasa Indonesiaponi
Italianopony
ქართულიპონი
Kurdîkûç
Lietuviųponis
Македонскипони
Bahasa Melayukuda padi
Maltiponi
Nederlandspony
Polskikonikkuć
Portuguêspónei
Românăponei
Русскийпони
Српскиjačajacaponiпони
Svenskaponny
TürkçeMidilli
Українськапоні

Examples

“1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435”
“‘I’m on the inside track,’ said a pony of beer as it went galloping down a man’s throat.”
Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.”
“I did not even know what a ‘pony’, a small chaser of beer, was. But of course I could not admit that. So putting on an air of nonchalance, and a deep voice, I strolled into a pub with one of the other equally naive guys and we ordered two ponies of beer. ‘McEwans?’ asked the barman. ‘Naw - poniessaid I.”
““You said a pony,” interposed Clavering; “my dear fellow, you said a pony, and I’ll be eternally obliged to you; and I’ll not take it as a giftonly as a loan, and pay you back in six months. I take my oath, I will.” “Wellwell—there’s the money, Sir Francis Clavering. […] Here’s five-and-twenty for you.”
She kept the dates written down in her Latin 'pony', so she didn't have to bother about who it was.”
His hair is a semilong dull red and pulled back in a sloppy pony at the base of his neck, and his face is riddled with small freckles and grease, but out here I can see personal hygiene isn't exactly at the top of the priority list.”
How many ponies are under the hood?”
“Do the monkey, do the pony / Do the slop, do the boogaloo twist.”
“He suggested a Rose Ballet in which he would use the G. V. Follies chorus girls, chiefly the ponies and mediums.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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