Powwow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A council or meeting with or of Native Americans.
  • n. A Native American shaman.
  • n. A ceremony conducted by a shaman, as in the performance of healing or hunting rituals.
  • n. Informal A conference or gathering.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To hold a powwow.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman.
  • n. A Native American shaman.
  • n. A Native American council or meeting.
  • n. A short, private conference.
  • v. To hold a meeting; to gather together in council.
  • v. To conduct a ritual in which magic is used.
  • v. To hold a private conference.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians.
  • n. Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes.
  • n. Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
  • n. Any meeting assembled to discuss an issue; a parley.
  • verb-intransitive. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
  • verb-intransitive. To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.
  • verb-intransitive. To hold a meeting to discuss an issue.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. As applied to the North American aborigines: A priest; a conjurer.
  • n. A conjuration performed for the cure of diseases.
  • n. A dance, feast, or other public celebration preliminary to a grand hunt, a council, a war expedition, or some similar undertaking.
  • n. Hence Any uproarious meeting or conference; a meeting where there is more noise than deliberation.
  • As applied to the North American aborigines, to perform a ceremony with conjurations for the cure of diseases and for other purposes.
  • Hence To hold a consultation; deliberate over events.
  • To hold any noisy meeting.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
  • n. a council of or with Native Americans
  • n. (informal) a quick private conference
    • Verb Form
    powwowed    powwowing    powwows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hash out    discuss    talk over    council    group discussion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    parley   
    Same Context
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