Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A blanketlike cloak having a hole in the center for the head.
- n. A similar garment having a hood used as a raincoat.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sort of cloak or loose garment worn by the South American Indians, and also by many of the Spanish inhabitants of South America and Mexico. It resembles a narrow blanket with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through, so that it hangs down before and behind, leaving the arms free. Garments similar to the above in general shape are made and used elsewhere, especially by sportsmen as rain-cloaks.
- n. A trade-name for camlet or strong worsted.
Wiktionary
- n. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
- n. A similar waterproof garment, with a hood.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of
poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service. - n. A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
Etymologies
- American Spanish, from Spanish, cape, perhaps variant of pocho, faded, discolored.
Examples
“Time to start making sure my rain poncho is in my backpack.”
“A flag with a hole cut in it and worn as a poncho is a flag being used as wearing apparel.”
“The word "poncho" can conjure up visions of the Old West or of a garbage bag with a circle cut through the top -- a common solution for rainy-day recess or unexpected showers during a marathon.”
“The word "poncho" can conjure up visions of the Old West or of a garbage bag with a circle cut through the top - a common solution for rainy day recess or unexpected showers during a marathon.”
“A poncho is just a cape that goes all the way around.”
“The sad truth is that most men would probably think that Jimmy Choo is a noodle joint and would not know a poncho from a kimono.”
The Huffington Post: Morane Barkai: On Men's Thoughts About Fashion and What We Should Make of Them
“Yes | No | Report from huntcamp wrote 31 weeks 2 days ago toilet paper, bug spray, hatchet, rain poncho cause it always rains when I go camping.”
What are your "must-have" tools, cooking equipment, or tips for a comfortable campsite?
“The long hooded milky poncho is actually made from the softest sweatshirt fabric.”
“The poncho is to keep you dry and warm for a very short period of time while you wait for the Calvary to come swooping in after pushing the 911 on your “SPOT”!”
what should i bring if i go into the woods for a week and were to get lost? be specific.
“I have now made one very interesting looking poncho from a pretty hankie for the favourite dolly of the moment, but I am going to keep looking for proper clothes.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘poncho’.
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Fads
With bows of great respect to Connie Willis, author of "Bellwether" and other wonderful books.
Hula-Hoop, bungee-jumping, hair-bobbing, pogs, jitterbug, jogging, mesmerism, Ouija board, miniature golf, The Old Curiosity..., Harry Potter, line dancing and 271 more...
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coalition, cabinet, tweet, defuse, steep, ancestral, mindset, breach, infraction, egregious, curb, backbite and 280 more...
reesetee *worried about handling charges too* Aug 12, 2008
chained_bear *wonders just what company bilby placed that order with*
*and do they have rush shipping* Aug 12, 2008
reesetee That's so I have room when I bang my head on my desk top. Aug 12, 2008
plethora Everything has to be huge with you, doesn't it rt?
Huge head, huge desk... tsk. Aug 12, 2008
bilby *orders poncho with 8,292 normal sized holes and one large one* Aug 12, 2008
reesetee All right, all right. It's one big fat head, okay? Geez. Make a person feel funny about a gigantic head, why don't you....
*muttering under poncho* Aug 12, 2008
chained_bear Check my list for how many heads reesetee has. Reesetee definitely has a head, and has head that sometimes gets heavy. That much we know. Whether they are the same head is open to question, but the real question is more what size is reesetee's head (or heads), seeing as rt is the Prothonotary of Fattiehead, has grasshoppers springing Minerva-like from head, hears voices in head and does what they say, and has mollusque in head. Aug 12, 2008
bilby Wordies: 8,293.
How many heads do you have, rt? Aug 12, 2008
reesetee Perhaps I should clarify: Head sizes. How many head holes will we need? Aug 12, 2008
bilby Ponchos come in sizes? I thought they were all one-size-fits-nobody. Aug 12, 2008
frindley Brilliant. For this I would be willing to break my cardinal fashion rule: if you are old enough to have worn it the first time ’round, give it a miss the second time ’round. Aug 11, 2008
reesetee It's spectacular, bilby! But how do we choose the correct size? Aug 11, 2008
plethora I don't think so, I don't get an error message, and there's nothing in the URL that Netfox is likely to block. I just get [5.jpg] where the photo should be...
Edit: I don't know what changed, but I can now see it. I'm definitely in for group ponchoing. Aug 11, 2008
bilby Netfox? Aug 11, 2008
plethora I cannot see that picture. Weird. Aug 11, 2008
bilby I'd like a poncho like this for our get-together. With all of us in it. And lots of words on it. Yes. Aug 11, 2008
frangarnes Prenda de abrigo que consiste en una manta, cuadrada o rectangular, de lana de oveja, alpaca, vicuña, o de otro tejido, que tiene en el centro una abertura para pasar la cabeza, y cuelga de los hombros generalmente hasta más abajo de la cintura Oct 20, 2007