Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
"Marco Polo was a Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan."
a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
"The team scored when their rider expertly maneuvered his mallet to strike the wooden ball past the opposing goal."
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.
"He wore a crisp white polo to the garden party, looking far more formal than usual."
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.
In plain English: Polo is an old-fashioned game played on horseback where two teams hit a ball into each other's goal using long-handled mallets.
"He wore his favorite striped polo to the tennis match today."
Usage: Use "polo" to refer specifically to the equestrian team sport played with mallets, not as a general term for energetic dancing or shuffling movements. This word is often confused with similar-sounding terms like polo shirt due to shared etymological roots rather than meaning overlap.
Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.
"He shouted 'Marco' across the pool, waiting to hear his partner reply before diving in to tag him."
The word polo comes from the Balti language and originally meant "ball." It traveled into English to describe the sport played with a ball on horseback.