PONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pony mean? 

• PONY (noun)
  The noun PONY has 5 senses:

1. a range horse of the western United States

2. an informal term for a racehorse

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

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

  Familiarity information: PONY used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A range horse of the western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pony" is a kind of...):

Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pony"):

mustang (small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish)

cayuse; Indian pony (a small native range horse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An informal term for a racehorse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Context example:

he liked to bet on the ponies

Hypernyms ("pony" is a kind of...):

bangtail; race horse; racehorse (a horse bred for racing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

crib; pony; trot

Hypernyms ("pony" is a kind of...):

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

jigger; pony; shot glass

Hypernyms ("pony" is a kind of...):

drinking glass; glass (a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pony" is a kind of...):

Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pony"):

Shetland pony (breed of very small pony with long shaggy mane and tail)

Welsh pony (breed of small ponies originally from Wales)

Exmoor (stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose)

 Context examples 

I remember you very well: you used to give me a ride sometimes on Miss Georgiana's bay pony.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Things are changed in this office, Miss Trotwood, since I was an umble clerk, and held your pony; ain't they?” said Uriah, with his sickliest smile.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Grant might now and then lend them the pony he sent to the post.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Your idea of the ponies is delightful.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“You keep your word and I’ll keep mine,” said she, and dropped the lash on the pony’s back.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It can reach the size of a small pony and has a rough, shaggy coat and wiry bushy eyebrows.

(Irish Wolfhound, NCI Thesaurus)

Then he rolled over on his side with a heavy, sobbing sigh, saying: A sixpence is a tanner, and a shilling a bob; but what a pony is I don’t know.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He came to the appointment, and found this fellow Hayes with a led pony.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The quick trot of ponies' feet made him look up, as one of the little carriages, containing a single young lady, came rapidly down the street.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“The pony's at the door,” said my aunt, “and I am off! Stay here.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)