<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural ponies</li><li>a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 inches/146 centimeters).</li><li>a horse of any small type or breed.</li><li>Slang: a literal translation or other text, used illicitly as an aid in schoolwork or while taking a test; crib.</li><li>something small of its kind.</li><li>a small glass for liquor.</li><li>the amount of liquor it will hold, usually one ounce (29.6 milliliters).</li><li>a small beverage bottle, often holding seven ounces (196 grams): We bought a dozen ponies of Mexican beer.</li><li>Older Slang: a diminutive chorus girl.</li><li>pony pack.</li><li>British Slang: the sum of 25 pounds.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) ponied, ponying. Slang: to prepare (lessons) by means of a pony.</li><li>Racing Slang: to be the outrider for (a racehorse).</li><li>to exercise (a racehorse) by having a rider mounted on another horse lead it at a gallop around a track.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) ponied, ponying. to prepare a lesson or lessons with the aid of a pony.</li></ul>