PONY • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Pony

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/pˈoʊnˌi/ Listen

Pony

noun

(pl. ponies) (Written also poney)

A range horse of the western United States.

An informal term for a racehorse.

A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). Synonyms: crib, trot.

A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey. Synonyms: jigger, shot glass.

Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder.

See more definitions of Pony...

Related searches:

Share |

"Pony" Quotes from Famous Books

... covers to their fate, and could not be persuaded to take his pink coat out of the press, or his hunters out of his stable. This lasted for two years, and then by degrees he came round. He first appeared at a neighbouring meet on a pony, dressed in his shooting coat, as though he had trotted in by accident; then he walked up one morning on foot to see his favourite gorse drawn, and when his groom brought his mare out by chance, he did not refuse to mount her. ...

— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

... is really a charming place; I think, Miss Willing, you would find a carriage an easier mode of conveyance, so far, than your pony; shall I bring one for you? or do you ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various

... grace of her flight. Clara glided; her effect of motionless movement was almost obsidian. Chiquita kept the slow, languid gait, both swaying and pulsating, of a Spanish woman. Lulu trotted with the brisk, pleasing activity of a Morgan pony. ...

— Angel Island • Inez Haynes Gillmore

... were by this time eating cheese, crackers and ginger snaps. The proprietor had sent one of the Indian children to fetch the man he had recommended as a guide, and by the time the Pony Rider Boys had satisfied their appetites, the guide entered the store and stood waiting to ...

— The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska - The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass • Frank Gee Patchin

... able yet, during the several hours of their journey, to take any pleasure in the scenery or in her mount. For in the first place there was nothing to see but scrubby little gnarled cedars and drab-looking rocks; and in the second this Indian pony she rode had discovered she was not an adept horsewoman and had proceeded to take advantage of the fact. It did not help Carley's predicament to remember that Glenn had decidedly advised her against riding this particular mustang. To be sure, Flo had approved of Carley's choice, and Mr. Hutter, ...

— The Call of the Canyon • Zane Grey

More quotes...