polo
A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel…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.
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Meaning
6 senses(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.
Polo
по́лоpólo
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a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
(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.
(countable, usually)A polo shirt.
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.
(Philippines)A dress shirt.
(uncountable)Synonym of pilaf.
Examples
27 sentencesAre you a big polo fan?
When I was in high school, I played water polo in gym class.
Tom joined the water polo team.
I like water polo.
Does Tom play polo?
Translations
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Origin
From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོFrom Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).
From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.
Borrowed from Persian پلو (polov).
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Forms
plural: polosSynonyms
2 synonyms- Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324):Marco Polo
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable