pony

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: po=ny

CIDE DICTIONARY

pony, n. [Gael. ponaidh.].

•  A small horse.  [1913 Webster]
•  Twenty-five pounds sterling.  [1913 Webster]
•  A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib; a trot.  [1913 Webster]
•  A small glass of beer.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pony, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a horse of any small breed.
2 a small drinking-glass.
3 (in pl.) sl. racehorses.
4 Brit. sl. {pound}25.

Idiom

pony-tail a person's hair drawn back, tied, and hanging down like a pony's tail. pony-trekker a person who travels across country on a pony for pleasure. pony-trekking this as a hobby or activity.

Etymology

perh. f. poulney (unrecorded) f. F poulenet dimin. of poulain foal

THESAURUS

pony

Galloway, Iceland pony, Shetland, Shetland pony, amplification, bantam, banty, bawbee, bilingual text, button, chit, clavis, crib, crown, decipherment, decoding, diminutive, dollar, entry, faithful translation, farthing, favorite, featherweight, fingerling, fiver, florin, fourpence, fourpenny, free translation, gloss, glossary, groat, guinea, half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, interlinear, interlinear translation, key, lightweight, loose translation, mag, meg, metaphrase, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, mite, monkey, mouse, mudder, new pence, np, nubbin, p, paraphrase, peewee, pence, penny, plate horse, plater, pole horse, pound, quid, race horse, racer, restatement, rewording, runt, shelty, shilling, shrimp, sixpence, slip, small fry, snip, snippet, stable, stake horse, staker, starter, steeplechaser, string, tenner, threepence, threepenny bit, thrippence, tit, transcription, translation, transliteration, trot, tuppence, twopence, wart, wisp

ROGET THESAURUS

pony

Carrier

N carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.

Interpretation

N interpretation, definition, explanation, explication, solution, answer, rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering, rendition, redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret, clew, clavis, crib, pony, trot, exegesis, expounding, exposition, hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration, exemplification, gloss, annotation, scholium, note, elucidation, dilucidation, eclaircissement, mot d'enigme, symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics, metoposcopy, physiognomy, paleography, oneirology acception, acceptation, acceptance, light, reading, lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning, synonym, paraphrase, metaphrase, convertible terms, apposition, dictionary, polyglot, explanatory, expository, explicative, explicatory, exegetical, construable, polyglot, literal, paraphrastic, metaphrastic, consignificative, synonymous, equivalent, in explanation, that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English, more simply.