pony
IPA: pˈoʊni
noun
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (UK, Australia, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
- (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- (Cockney, rhyming slang) Abbreviated from "pony and trap"; crap.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name.
- (slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony. [(slang, derogatory, video games) A slavish supporter of Sony's video games or consoles; a Sony fanboy]
- Ellipsis of Pony International, an American brand of athletic gear.
- Ellipsis of My Little Pony, a cartoon media-franchise based on anthropomorphic equines. [An American toy and cartoon media-franchise based on anthropomorphic equines.]
verb
- (transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.
- To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.
adjective
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.
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Examples of "pony" in Sentences
- Well, the pony is there, and so is the black horse.
- Half a pony is like something out of the Godfather.
- But his hardy mountain pony he could scarcely raise a trot,
- The pony is for all of us ... we can pet it and ride it and feet it apple slices.
- After all, a fire chief with a pink pony is absolutely what the world needs right now.
- And after reading the other comments, my major pony is the belief that we're going to see Rose and Ten2 in one of these specials.
- While I love Russel and really respect David (or vice a versa) in the end the real reason I'm holding out legitimate, honest hope for a pony is Billie Piper.
- The pony is what we all deserve ... not just you and I and other disgruntled fans ... but the fans who don't even know that this works so much better in the long run.
- He had the round, deep-chested, big-hearted, well-coupled body of the ideal mountain pony, and his head and neck were true thoroughbred, slender, yet full, with lovely alert ears not too small to be vicious nor too large to be stubborn mulish.
- As Mr Crummles had a strange four – legged animal in the inn stables, which he called a pony, and a vehicle of unknown design, on which he bestowed the appellation of a four – wheeled phaeton, Nicholas proceeded on his journey next morning with greater ease than he had expected: the manager and himself occupying the front seat: and the Master
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