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polo.

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.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. A polo shirt.

    countable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

verb/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. To play the game of polo.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

noun/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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.

Where this word comes from

From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

noun/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. A dress shirt.

    Philippines
Where this word comes from

Unknown.

verb/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. To give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

noun/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. Synonym of pilaf.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Persian پلو (polov).

intj/ˈpoʊloʊ/General-American/ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpəʊl.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation[ˈpəʊləʊ]Received-Pronunciation
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo.

    alt-of
Where this word comes from

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

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