polo

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈpoʊloʊ/
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/ˈpoʊloʊ/ · /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/ · /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/ · [ˈpəʊləʊ] · [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ]

Definition of polo

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)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.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)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.
    “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.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)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.
  3. (countable, usually)A polo shirt.
    “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.”
  4. 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.
  5. (Philippines)A dress shirt.

intj

  1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Polo.
  2. Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.

name

  1. A surname from Italian or Spanish

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

Anagrams of polo

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Words you can make from polo

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4-letter words

1 word

3-letter words

4 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

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