Definitions for pony

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pony po·ny

Spelling: [poh-nee]

IPA: /ˈpoʊ ni/

Pony is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in pony (nopy).

Definitions for pony

noun

1. a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
2. a horse of any small type or breed.
3. Slang. a literal translation or other text, used illicitly as an aid in schoolwork or while taking a test; crib.
4. something small of its kind.
5. a small glass for liquor.
6. the amount of liquor it will hold, usually one ounce (29.6 ml).
7. a small beverage bottle, often holding seven ounces (196 grams):
8. Older Slang. a diminutive chorus girl.
9. pony pack.
10. British Slang. the sum of 25 pounds.

Idioms

1. pony up, Informal. to pay (money), as in settling an account:

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. to prepare (lessons) by means of a pony.
2. 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)

1. to prepare a lesson or lessons with the aid of a pony.

Origin of pony

1650-60; earlier powney obsolete French poulenet, diminutive of poulain colt Medieval Latin pullānus (Latin pull(us) foal + -ānus -an); see

Examples for pony

Nelson, having bought his pony, came home with it in high spirits.

I don't think we shall come to the pony at all, this season.

The pony Express stopped galloping in the mid-1800s, and the train system was booming.

But the pony had been in such a situation before, if I had not, and she taught me what to do.

Think about it: Exactly who is going to pony up the money to study the downsides of eating eggplants?

I thought it was proved that you helped to put the pony in the principal's room.

I wish I could have my pony; why can't I have my pony, mamma?

Revel in Wild West lore at the pony Express National Museum and Jesse James Home Museum in St Joseph, just outside KC.

Almost immediately after mounting my trusty steed, I was ready to end my pony ride.

Which means, in turn, that Germany is going to have to pony up a lot more money.