polo
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
any game broadly resembling this, especially water polo.
Origin of polo
1Other words from polo
- po·lo·ist, noun
Words Nearby polo
Other definitions for Polo (2 of 2)
Mar·co [mahr-koh], /ˈmɑr koʊ/, c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.
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How to use polo in a sentence
In March 2017, a former Coronado Middle School student reported to school officials that the longtime head high school water polo coach, Randall Burgess, had molested him on the high school campus five years earlier, when he was 13.
Coronado Community Has Rallied to Defend Many Embattled Coaches | Kayla Jimenez | July 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoI mention this because my water polo successes have been foundational to my career as a physician, and Coach Burgess is one of the most important reasons for my water polo successes.
Coronado Community Has Rallied to Defend Many Embattled Coaches | Kayla Jimenez | July 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoHer daughter, Brooklyn, still wearing her red school polo, sits in her wheelchair.
To Get a Shot at Justice, They Were Forced to Prove Their Disabled Daughter’s Intelligence | by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald | June 24, 2021 | ProPublica“You could use 1,000 or 10,000 iBlastoids to discover something, and then you could go and test that discovery in three blastocysts,” said polo.
Scientists Created an Artificial Early Embryo From Human Skin Cells | Shelly Fan | March 23, 2021 | Singularity HubI like to serve kashk-o bademjan as an appetizer before we settle in for our Nowruz meal of sabzi polo, mahi and kookoo sabzi.
How to make your own kashk, a creamy, tangy staple of Iranian cuisine | Naz Deravian | March 12, 2021 | Washington Post
The freed hostages streamed into the airport, their white polo shirts and pleated dresses stained with blood.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHarry was in Oman for a charity polo match earlier this week, the Sentebale polo Cup.
Harry Chats With Ginger Spice Geri At F1 In Abu Dhabi | Tom Sykes | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter four years, two trials, an adoption, and multiple jury scandals, polo mogul John Goodman was found guilty of manslaughter.
Money, Murder, and Adoption: The Wild Trial of the Polo King | Jacqui Goddard | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor years, polo was the preserve of men—one leading female player even dressed as a man to participate.
“I think polo gets a little bit of a bad rep for the type of people that play,” Goldberg said.
While there the King divided his time between the polo grounds and the public hospital.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianWhy back two years ago, I used to visit old polo Garrett, who had the concession in the menagerie tent, just to get cussed out.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyHe bowed gravely and continued to watch the polo with that marvellously youthful interest which was his.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanIf I can persuade him to store his autos and lay up his yacht and sell off his polo ponies—I'll try it, anyhow.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeSo he plays golf and cricket and polo in Trinidad, when, at its mildest, the heat is about equal to our August.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill Starr
British Dictionary definitions for polo (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpəʊləʊ) /
a game similar to hockey played on horseback using long-handled mallets (polo sticks) and a wooden ball
any of several similar games, such as one played on bicycles
short for water polo
Also called: polo neck
a collar on a garment, worn rolled over to fit closely round the neck
a garment, esp a sweater, with such a collar
Origin of polo
1British Dictionary definitions for Polo (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpəʊləʊ) /
Marco (ˈmɑːkəʊ). 1254–1324, Venetian merchant, famous for his account of his travels in Asia. After travelling overland to China (1271–75), he spent 17 years serving Kublai Khan before returning to Venice by sea (1292–95)
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