Pony in Scrabble and Meaning

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4-letter words (1 found)

PONY,

3-letter words (3 found)

NOY,ONY,YON,

2-letter words (7 found)

NO,NY,ON,OP,OY,PO,YO,

You can make 11 words from pony according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pony

pony

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊni/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊni/
  • Rhymes: -əʊni

Etymology 1

1659 from Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (little foal), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (young of an animal), from pullus (cognate to English foal). Sense “small serving of alcohol” from 19th century, both for small sizes generally and for a quarter pint specifically, from the small size.

Noun

pony (plural ponies)

  1. A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
  2. (endearing) A horse of any size.
  3. a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
  4. (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
    • 1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435
    • 1885, New York Journal, August:
      ‘I’m on the inside track,’ said a pony of beer as it went galloping down a man’s throat.
  5. (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
  6. (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
  7. (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
  8. (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
  9. (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
  10. (preceded by definite article) A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
  11. (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
  12. (slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
Synonyms
  • horseling (small horse)
  • buck (mount)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Verb

pony (third-person singular simple present ponies, present participle ponying, simple past and past participle ponied)

  1. (transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.
  2. To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.

Etymology 2

Clipping of pony and trap, rhyming with crap.

Adjective

pony (not comparable)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.

Noun

pony (plural ponies)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.

References

Anagrams

  • PNoy, Pyon

Czech

Alternative forms

  • poník

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈponɪ]

Noun

pony m anim (diminutive ponynek)

  1. pony

Declension

Further reading

  • “pony”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “pony”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “pony”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ni/, (uncommon) /ˈpoː.ni/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ny
  • Rhymes: -ɔni

Noun

pony m (plural pony's, diminutive pony'tje n)

  1. a pony, small horse breed
Derived terms
  • ponyhaar
  • verzorgpony
Descendants
  • Indonesian: poni

See also

  • paard

Etymology 2

Shortened back from ponyhaar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ni/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ny
  • Rhymes: -ɔni

Noun

pony n or m (plural pony's, diminutive pony'tje n)

  1. a hairstyle with a fringe/bangs

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɔni
  • Hyphenation: pò‧ny

Noun

pony m (invariable)

  1. pony
  2. pony express

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • poník

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔni]

Noun

pony m animal

  1. pony

Declension

Further reading

  • “pony”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • poni
  • póney

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈponi/ [ˈpo.ni]
  • Rhymes: -oni
  • Syllabification: po‧ny

Noun

pony m (plural ponys)

  1. pony

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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