ball game vs polo

ball game

noun
  • Any game played with a ball. 

  • A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over. 

  • Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic. 

  • A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game. 

  • A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame. 

polo

noun
  • A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. 

  • A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands. 

  • A polo shirt. 

  • 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. 

  • A dress shirt. 

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