powwow

• WordNet 3.6
  • v powwow hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
  • n powwow (informal) a quick private conference
  • n powwow a council of or with Native Americans
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• • Powwow A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians. "Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow ."
  • Powwow Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
  • Powwow Any meeting assembled to discuss an issue; a parley.
  • Powwow 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.
  • Powwow To hold a meeting to discuss an issue.
  • Powwow To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.
  • Powwow To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
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• • n powwow As applied to the North American aborigines: A priest; a conjurer.
  • n powwow A conjuration performed for the cure of diseases.
  • n powwow A dance, feast, or other public celebration preliminary to a grand hunt, a council, a war expedition, or some similar undertaking.
  • n powwow Hence Any uproarious meeting or conference; a meeting where there is more noise than deliberation.
  • powwow As applied to the North American aborigines, to perform a ceremony with conjurations for the cure of diseases and for other purposes.
  • powwow Hence To hold a consultation; deliberate over events.
  • powwow To hold any noisy meeting.
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• • n Powwow pow′wow a Red Indian conjurer: a dance, feast, &c. before an expedition: any rowdy meeting
  • v.i Powwow to hold such a meeting: to deliberate: to perform conjurations.—Also Paw′waw
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