polo

IPA: pˈoʊɫoʊ

noun

  • (uncountable) 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.
  • 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) 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.
  • A surname from Italian or Spanish
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Examples of "polo" in Sentences

  • I played in Croatia, where water polo is the No. 1 sport.
  • Ok, you could get yourself a nice hawaiian shirt, or a dull polo from the high street.
  • In the 1930s the polo world adopted the shirt and within 20 years the term 'polo shirt' began to come to the fore.
  • Whatever the pros and cons of her body type are, the grueling sport of water polo is an equal-opportunity punisher.
  • The fifth Abbaside was fair and handsome, of noble and majestic presence, a sportsman and an athlete who delighted in polo and archery.
  • He wore coaching shorts, his three-button Ro-Hawks our nickname polo shirt, and a Ro-Hawks hat, and he always had a whistle around his neck.
  • Mayor Alvarez has yet to learn that FEMA's job is to send out officials in polo shirts to stand next to the governor at press conferences and nod their heads.
  • I was wearing a nice sports coat, tie, etc., and as I walked into the interview room occupied by the company President, CFO, HR VP and others, they were all in polo shirts and slacks.

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