1. Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
   "The children loved riding the gentle ponies at the fair"
    
2. A range horse of the western United States
   "The cowboy rode his pony across the vast prairie"
    
3. [informal] A horse bred for racing
   "he liked to bet on the ponies";
   - racehorse, race horse, bangtail [US, informal], neddy [Austral, informal]
    
4. [N. Amer] A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
   "The student relied on a pony to translate the Latin text";
   - trot, crib
    
5. [informal] A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
   "He ordered a pony of bourbon";
   - shot glass, jigger
    
6. [UK, informal] 25 pounds sterling
   "He bet a pony on the horse race"

Derived forms: ponies

Type of: drinking glass, Equus caballus, glass, horse, hoss [US, informal], interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version

Encyclopedia: Pony, Montana