Meaning

6 senses
  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.

    Polo

    по́лоpólo

    по́лоpólo

    a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball

  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.

  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.

  6. (uncountable)Synonym of pilaf.

Examples

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  1. Are you a big polo fan?

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  2. When I was in high school, I played water polo in gym class.

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  3. Tom joined the water polo team.

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  4. I like water polo.

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  5. Does Tom play polo?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Origin

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

From 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: polos
Singularpolo
Pluralpolos

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324):Marco Polo

Word family

14 related words

See also

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