polo

noun

1. 1

   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. 2

   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. 3

   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.

verb

1. 1

   To play the game of polo.

noun

1. 1

   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.

noun

1. 1

   A dress shirt.

interjection

1. 1

   Variant of PoloAlternative letter-case form of Polo.

verb

1. 1

   To give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.

noun

1. 1

   Synonym of pilaf.

   The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread. On Wednesday night, I opted for sheveed polo, a simpler and quicker dill rice, but I can’t wait to nail that crunchy tahdig tonight.

Forms

plural

polos

past tense

poloed

past participle

poloed

present participle

poloing

third person singular

polos