polo

plural polos

1. uncountableusuallyA 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.

   2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227

2. uncountableusuallyThe 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. countableusuallyA 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.

   2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times

present singular third person polos · participle present poloing · participle past poloed · past poloed

1. intransitiveTo play the game of polo.

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.

plural polos

1. PhilippinesA dress shirt.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo.

present singular third person polos · participle present poloing · participle past poloed · past poloed

1. intransitiveTo give the cry of "polo!" in the marco polo game.

1. uncountableSynonym of pilaf.

   1 more example

   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.

   2026 March 15, Genevieve Ko, “‘This Is the Best Dish I Have Ever Made From NYT Cooking’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2026

   Synonyms: pilaf

1. Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.

plural Polos

1. A surname from Italian or Spanish