POWWOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powwow mean? 

• POWWOW (noun)
  The noun POWWOW has 2 senses:

1. (informal) a quick private conference

2. a council of or with Native Americans

  Familiarity information: POWWOW used as a noun is rare.

• POWWOW (verb)
  The verb POWWOW has 1 sense:

1. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting

  Familiarity information: POWWOW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWWOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(informal) a quick private conference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

huddle; powwow

Hypernyms ("powwow" is a kind of...):

conference; group discussion (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)

Meronyms (members of "powwow"):

huddler (a member of a huddle)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

powwow (hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A council of or with Native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("powwow" is a kind of...):

council (a meeting of people for consultation)

• POWWOW (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they powwow    ... he / she / it powwows   
Past simple: powwowed   
Past participle: powwowed   
-ing form: powwowing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "powwow" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue powwow
Sam wants to powwow with Sue

Derivation:

powwow ((informal) a quick private conference)