Definition of POLO

polo

Plural: polos

Noun

  • Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
  • a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A dress shirt.
  • pl. -LOS a game played on horseback

Intj

  • Alternative letter-case form of Polo.

Origin / Etymology

From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

Synonyms

Marco Polo

Scrabble Score: 6

polo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
polo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
polo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

polo is a valid Words With Friends word