Used in a Sentence

polo

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for polo.

Editorial note

Maybe you can pull off a polo shirt but in many offices it's either banned or just not done.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname from Italian or Spanish

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of polo gathered in one view.

noun

A surname from Italian or Spanish

noun

(countable) A polo shirt.

noun

(Philippines) A dress shirt.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for polo.

noun

A surname from Italian or Spanish

noun

(countable) A polo shirt.

noun

(Philippines) A dress shirt.

noun

The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

Example sentences

1

Maybe you can pull off a polo shirt but in many offices it's either banned or just not done.

2

The company has a logo that features the silhouette a man on a horse playing polo.

3

The 404 page features the same logo with the horse taking a tumble and the polo player being thrown off.

4

Can I use Lennart's inability to buy a properly sized polo as a reason why systemd is bad?

5

Water polo was pretty small in my area, so we didn't have a lot of talent in the pool.

6

I coached HS and club swimming and water polo during college and it was so goddamned rewarding.

7

See the difference between say criquet or polo and weight lifting or javelot.

8

And the contracting companies usually make us wear khakis and polo shirts.

9

The VW polo apparently resulted in a lowering of testosterone levels.

10

So if everyone dresses in jeans and a t-shirt I might wear slacks and a polo or jeans and a button down shirt.

11

I wake up, shower, grab a pair of shorts off the top shelf, grab a polo / printed t-shirt off the shelf just below it.

12

I assume they are getting better at creating own original content and thought Marco Polo was pretty good, might be on my own there though.

Quote examples

1

The guys you see doing interviews and recording lectures in polo shirts and khakis are laughably incompetent, big enterprise or "startup".

2

His wife giving up "paid employment to manage the household, shield Tao from mundane matters and buy the polo shirts he wears"?

3

I know several "real hackers"/"good programmers" and while some of them might fit the parent's description of such, many of them also fit the parent's description of the poseurs -- the A-student in my class back in college, the guy recording lectures in polo shirts and khakis, the family man with a wife and kids and a mortgage.

4

"Casualness can kill credibility." Unless, that is, you work in a place where the top brass wear jeans and polo shirts, like, say, CBS Studios in Hollywood, where Navarro recently discovered he was the only person in a suit.

Proper noun examples

1

Note that Netflix did not commission Marco Polo.

2

I think the worst example of this was Netflix's Marco Polo.

3

No Netflix, I don't want to watch Marco Polo.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use polo in a sentence?

Maybe you can pull off a polo shirt but in many offices it's either banned or just not done.

What does polo mean?

A surname from Italian or Spanish

What part of speech is polo?

polo is commonly used as noun.