polo

  • 51polo — po|lo [ poulou ] noun 1. ) uncount a game played by two teams riding polo ponies (=horses). They get points by hitting a small ball into a particular area using a polo stick (=a wooden hammer with a long handle). 2. ) count INFORMAL a POLO SHIRT …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 52polo — [19] In Balti, a Tibetan language of northern Kashmir, polo means ‘ball’. English travellers in Kashmir in the 1840s observed a game being played on horseback which involved trying to knock a wooden polo into a goal using a longhandled mallet.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 53polo — pȏlo2 m DEFINICIJA 1. sport igra u kojoj na travnatom igralištu jahači na konjima dugim štapovima udaraju drvenu lopticu nastojeći je ubaciti u protivnička vrata (danas i polo na biciklima) 2. košulja ili majica s okruglim zavrnutim ovratnikom… …

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  • 54polo — [19] In Balti, a Tibetan language of northern Kashmir, polo means ‘ball’. English travellers in Kashmir in the 1840s observed a game being played on horseback which involved trying to knock a wooden polo into a goal using a longhandled mallet.… …

    Word origins

  • 55polo — n. a game of Eastern origin like hockey played on horseback with a long handled mallet. Phrases and idioms: polo neck a high round turned over collar. polo stick a mallet for playing polo. Etymology: Balti, = ball …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 56Polo — n. a game of Eastern origin like hockey played on horseback with a long handled mallet. Phrases and idioms: polo neck a high round turned over collar. polo stick a mallet for playing polo. Etymology: Balti, = ball …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 57polo — noun Etymology: Balti, ball Date: 1872 1. a game played by teams of players on horseback using mallets with long flexible handles to drive a wooden ball through goalposts 2. water polo 3. polo shirt • poloist noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 58polo — n. to play polo * * * [ pəʊləʊ] to play polo …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 59Polo — 1Po|lo der; s, s <aus dem Span.> andalus. Volkstanz, andalus. Tanzlied im gemäßigten 3/8 Takt Polo 2 2Po|lo das; s <aus gleichbed. engl. polo, eigtl. »Ball«, dies aus einer Eingeborenensprache des nordwestlichen Indien> zu Pferde… …

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  • 60polo — I n, ndm «gra podobna do hokeja, w której dwie drużyny konne (lub rowerowe) podbijają małą, drewnianą piłeczkę za pomocą drewnianych młotków na długich rękojeściach, usiłując wrzucić ją do bramki przeciwnika» Grać w polo. ‹z tybetańskiego› II ndm …

    Słownik języka polskiego