polo

noun

po·lo | \ ˈpō-(ˌ)lō

Definition of polo

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

Polo

biographical name

Po·lo | \ ˈpō-(ˌ)lō

Definition of Polo (Entry 2 of 2)

Mar*co \ ˈmär-(ˌ)kō

\ 1254–1324 Venetian traveler

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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun South Florida polo club founder John Goodman is assigned to a citrus detail at a prison work camp near Fort Myers, 110 miles from a Wellington intersection where his Bentley killed a young man in 2010, according to state records. — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2021 A dozen or so years older than Sohel, Hisham always glittered and made the right moves—a measured harvest of wild oats as a teen-ager from an old Lahore family, no more than a bit of trouble in the vicinity of the Punjab Club and the polo ground. — Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021 Opt for a breezy polo dress for a day spent at Arthur Ashe. — Julie Tong, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2021 There, the tall, lanky driver, sporting a black polo with dark-wash jeans and white sneakers did his best to blend in and roam between IndyCar transporters. — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2021 Two new sports were honored at the national show, boys and girls polo. — USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2021 The couple’s five boys formed an all-family polo team. — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2021 Pro-active but not pushy, they were casually dressed in Ford polo shirts and unobtrusively stationed near vehicles, stepping forward to offer information to anyone stopping for a closer look. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2021 The Belarusian contingent has been visible outside the Olympic village, mostly men traveling in pairs with their country's name emblazoned on the backs of their workout jackets or polo shirts. — NBC News, 2 Aug. 2021

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