Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony.
- n. Informal A racehorse.
- n. Sports A polo horse.
- n. Something small for its kind, especially a small glass for beer or liqueur.
- n. A word-for-word translation of a foreign language text, especially one used secretly by students as an aid in studying or test-taking. Also called crib, trot.
- n. Chiefly British The sum of 25 pounds.
- v. To study with the aid of a pony: pony a lesson; ponied all night before the exam.
- pony up Slang To pay (money owed or due).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A very small horse; specifically, a horse less than 13 hands in height. The Shetland breed of ponies are stoutly built, active and hardy, with very full mane and tail, and of gentle, docile disposition. In western parts of the United States all the small hardy horses (mustangs or broncos) used by the Indians are called
ponies . - n. The sum of £25.
- n. A translation of a Greek or Latin author used unfairly in the preparation of lessons; hence, any book so used: same as horse, 9. [School and college slang.]
- n. A very small drinking-glass. A glass holding about a mouthful of spirits, as brandy.
- n. The quantity (of liquor) contained in such a glass.
- n. A small raft of logs.
- n. In the West Indies, a small tree, Tecoma serratifolia.
- To use a pony in translating: as, to pony a piece of Latin.
- n. Something very small of its kind: an attributive use.
- To pay; settle; put: with up.
Wiktionary
- adj. Cockney rhyming slang Of little worth.
- n. Any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands.
- n. regional A small serving of an alcoholic beverage.
- n. Australia, New South Wales, Victoria A serving of 140 millilitres of beer.
- n. UK, slang Twenty-five pounds sterling.
- n. US, slang A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- n. Cockney rhyming slang (from "pony and trap") Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- v. transitive To lead (a horse) from another horse.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small horse.
- n. Slang, Eng. Twenty-five pounds sterling.
- n. College Cant A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib; a trot.
- n. Slang A small glass of beer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a range horse of the western United States
- n. an informal term for a racehorse
- n. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- n. any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
- n. a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
Etymologies
- Shortened from pony and trap, rhyming with crap (Wiktionary)
- Probably from obsolete French poulenet, diminutive of poulain, colt, from Late Latin pullāmen, young of an animal, from Latin pullus; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As Mr Crummles had a strange four – legged animal in the inn stables, which he called a pony, and a vehicle of unknown design, on which he bestowed the appellation of a four – wheeled phaeton, Nicholas proceeded on his journey next morning with greater ease than he had expected: the manager and himself occupying the front seat: and the Master”
“Well, the pony is there, and so is the black horse.”
“After all, a fire chief with a pink pony is absolutely what the world needs right now.”
“But his hardy mountain pony he could scarcely raise a trot,”
“He had the round, deep-chested, big-hearted, well-coupled body of the ideal mountain pony, and his head and neck were true thoroughbred, slender, yet full, with lovely alert ears not too small to be vicious nor too large to be stubborn mulish.”
“And after reading the other comments, my major pony is the belief that we're going to see Rose and Ten2 in one of these specials.”
“The pony is for all of us ... we can pet it and ride it and feet it apple slices.”
“While I love Russel and really respect David (or vice a versa) in the end the real reason I'm holding out legitimate, honest hope for a pony is Billie Piper.”
“The pony is what we all deserve ... not just you and I and other disgruntled fans ... but the fans who don't even know that this works so much better in the long run.”
“Half a pony is like something out of the Godfather.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pony’.
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)another, three, place, work, eyes, new, said, give, face, day, going, like and 388 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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English words of Scots origin
If it's not ...
blackmail, blatant, caddie, caddy, clan, convene, cosy, firth, glamour, gloaming, golf, glengarry and 15 more...
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Animals
pig, camel, ant, ape, donkey, badger, bat, beaver, bee, cat, dog, cow and 82 more...
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animals (2 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 2 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious like 'dragon') are we...
baboon, rabbit, raptor, dragon, camel, hornet, llama, cobra, cheetah, penguin, puppy, dolphin and 87 more...
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Baby, Work Out!
Names of popular or once dances.
hully gully, slauson, twist, jitterbug, stroll, pony, mashed potato, swim, jerk, watusi, boogaloo, worm and 54 more...
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here, horsey!
horse-related words (sometimes several times removed from actual equines)
horse, donkey, mule, hinny, gelding, stallion, mare, hobby horse, clotheshorse, sawhorse, horseradish, equine and 28 more...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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Chainlink's Words
hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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madmelanie's Words
monkey, folderol, snark, snarky, flibbertigibbet, faith, asshat, pirouette, avuncular, exegesis, memento mori, verisimilitude and 379 more...
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One Left Footer's Manifesto
I was tragically born with an extra left foot. If I weren't so debilitated, this would be my to-do list.
cha cha, tango, waltz, fox trot, limbo, square dance, line dance, mosh, breakdance, pop and lock, robot, salsa and 98 more...
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A little of the old Ultra-Violence
Gorgeousness and Gorgeosity made flesh- downright horrorshow selections of vocabulary from Nadsat, the Russian-influenced slang of the raping and face-stomping delinquents of Burgess's A Clockwork ...
appypolly loggy, baboochka, baddiwad, banda, bezoomy, bitva, bog, bolnoy, bolshy, bratchny, bratty, britva and 186 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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theinfonaut's Words
pithy, voraciousness, aphorism, crumple, flaneur, coquettish, grace, discriminating, oscillation, assumption, nasturtium, petiole and 90 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir Awesome, Pro! I'd call for lots more cowbell to accompany that pony. Why not "go for broke". "Shoot the moon". Mar 23, 2011
Prolagus In Fourceelia (and as it turns out, in many other places, according to google), ... and a pony means... wait, someone else explained it better than I could do here (link)
Here's the original reference (from Bill Watterson's masterpiece Calvin and Hobbes):
treeseed The Pony was a dance made popular in the 1960s by the Chubby Checker song "Pony Time". The beat is 1&2, 3&4, etc, with the feet comfortably together. Various arm and hand motions can be done when Pony-ing, and movement on the dance floor can occur; however, there is no line-of-dance. Couples do not touch, and they are generally facing each other, but turns and chase positions are also possible.
The Pony is mentioned in the Wilson Pickett song Land of a Thousand Dances and in the Nick Lowe song "I Knew the Bride".
The Pony is mentioned in the Go-go's song "We Got the Beat."
_Wikipedia Feb 24, 2008