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po⋅ny

[poh-nee]

noun, plural -nies, verb, -nied, -ny⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14 ¹/₂ 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 g): We bought a dozen ponies of Mexican beer.

8.	Older Slang. a diminutive chorus girl.

9.	pony pack.

10.	British Slang. the sum of 25 pounds.

–verb (used with object)

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

12.

Racing Slang.

a.	to be the outrider for (a racehorse).

b.	to exercise (a racehorse) by having a rider mounted on another horse lead it at a gallop around a track.

–verb (used without object)

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

—Idiom

14.	pony up, Informal. to pay (money), as in settling an account: Next week you'll have to pony up the balance of the loan.

Origin:
1650–60; earlier powney < obs. F poulenet, dim. of poulain colt < ML pullānus (L pull(us) foal + -ānus -an ); see -et

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Language Translation for : pony

Spanish:

poni, póney,

German:

das Pony,

Japanese:

小馬

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po·ny (pō'nē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. po·nies

Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony.
1. Informal A racehorse.
2. Sports A polo horse.
Something small for its kind, especially a small glass for beer or liqueur.
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.
Chiefly British The sum of 25 pounds.

tr. & intr.v. po·nied, po·ny·ing, po·nies
To study with the aid of a pony: pony a lesson; ponied all night before the exam.
Phrasal Verb(s):
pony up Slang To pay (money owed or due).

[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.]

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pony (n.)

1659, powny, from Scottish, apparently from Fr. poulenet "little foal" (1444), dim. of O.Fr. poulain "foal," from L.L. pullanus "young of an animal," from L. pullus "young of a horse, fowl, etc." German, sensibly, indicates this animal by attaching a dim. suffix to its word for "horse," which might yield Mod.Eng. *horslet. Meaning "crib of a text as a cheating aid" (1827) and "small liquor glass" (1849) both are from notion of "smallness" (the former also "something one rides"). As the name of a popular dance, it dates from 1963. Pony Express began 1847. Ponytail, girls' hairstyle, first recorded 1952.

pony (v.)

1824, in pony up "to pay," said to be from slang use of L. legem pone to mean "money" (first recorded 16c.), because this was the title of the Psalm for March 25, a Quarter Day and the first payday of the year (the Psalm's first line is Legem pone michi domine viam iustificacionum "Teach me, O Lord, the ways of thy statutes").

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pony
noun
1.	a range horse of the western United States
2.	an informal term for a racehorse; "he liked to bet on the ponies"
3.	a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
4.	a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey [syn: shot glass]
5.	any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder

pony

In addition to the idioms beginning with pony, also see dog-and-pony show.

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Area: 35.064097 sq mi (land), 0.018450 sq mi (water)

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Pony

Po"ny\, n.; pl. Ponies. [Written also poney.] [Gael. ponaidh.]

1. A small horse.

2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.]

3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib. [College Cant]

4. A small glass of beer. [Slang]

Pony chaise, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies.

Pony engine, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.]

Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels.

Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.