polo

noun

po·​lo ˈpō-(ˌ)lō 

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

ˈpō-(ˌ)lō-ist 

noun

Examples of polo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kevin and Kate Love Kevin Love wears a Brunello Cucinelli white button-down polo with gray striped pants and Kate Love wears a Brunello Cucinelli striped blue shirt and white blazer with white trousers. —Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 6 May 2025

Venus Williams paid homage to her tennis roots and wore a green tennis skirt with a green polo and floor-length green jacket. —Janelle Ash , Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025

The flashy overcoat and polo ties this whole look together. —Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025

Limited to 10 pieces each in a series of four iterations, these timepieces portray early polo scenes—via guillochage, grand feu enameling, paillonnage, and miniature enamel-painting techniques— depicted in the 16th-century edition of the Persian epic Shahnameh, or The Persian Book of Kings. —Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Balti, ball

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing polo

• polo coat
• polo-neck
• polo shirt
• water polo

Rhymes for polo

• nolo

Kids Definition

polo

noun

po·​lo ˈpō-lō 

: a game played by teams of players on horseback using long-handled mallets to drive a wooden ball

poloist

ˈpō-lō-əst 

noun

Biographical Definition

Polo

biographical name

Po·​lo ˈpō-(ˌ)lō 

Mar*co ˈmär-(ˌ)kō  1254–1324 Venetian traveler