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pony
[ poh-nee ]
noun
- a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 inches/146 centimeters).
- a horse of any small type or breed.
- Slang. a literal translation or other text, used illicitly as an aid in schoolwork or while taking a test; crib.
- something small of its kind.
- a small glass for liquor.
- the amount of liquor it will hold, usually one ounce (29.6 milliliters).
- a small beverage bottle, often holding seven ounces (196 grams):
We bought a dozen ponies of Mexican beer.
- Older Slang. a diminutive chorus girl.
- British Slang. the sum of 25 pounds.
verb (used with object)
- Slang. to prepare (lessons) by means of a pony.
- Racing Slang.
- to be the outrider for (a racehorse).
- to exercise (a racehorse) by having a rider mounted on another horse lead it at a gallop around a track.
verb (used without object)
- to prepare a lesson or lessons with the aid of a pony.
pony
/ ˈəʊɪ /
noun
- any of various breeds of small horse, usually under 14.2 hands
- a small drinking glass, esp for liqueurs
- the amount held by such a glass
- anything small of its kind
- slang.a sum of £25, esp in bookmaking
- slang.Also calledtrot a literal translation used by students, often illicitly, in preparation for foreign language lessons or examinations; crib
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pony1
Idioms and Phrases
- pony up, Informal. to pay (money), as in settling an account:
Next week you'll have to pony up the balance of the loan.
More idioms and phrases containing pony
- dog-and-pony show
Example Sentences
This week saw Hollywood celebrate the year in film at the Oscars, Donald Trump tell the US that he had "just got started", and scientists in Scotland unveil a dinosaur the size of a pony.
She also had a pet pony that she looked after.
She was six years old when she first saddled up with the pony at a riding school.
"I suppose both my brothers got into riding ponies, and then I had no-one to play football with, so I had to get on the ponies instead."
Backed by dancers dressed as rodeo clowns, Roan - herself wearing a sequinned cowboy hat and sparkly boots - rode a a giant pink carousel pony, complete with an 80s perm.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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