Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To hold a meeting; to gather together in council.

    hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting

  2. (intransitive)To conduct a ritual in which magic is used.

  3. (informal, intransitive, offensive, often)To hold a private conference.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Sorry to break up your powwow.

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Origin

From an Eastern Algonquian language, probably Massachusett pauwau (“he uses divination; he

From an Eastern Algonquian language, probably Massachusett pauwau (“he uses divination; he practices magic or sorcery”) or Narragansett powwáw (“sorcerer, shaman”), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *pawe·wa (“one who dreams”).

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Forms

powwows, powwowing, powwowed, powwowed
Base formpowwow · to powwow
3rd person singularpowwows
Present participlepowwowing
Past simplepowwowed
Past participlepowwowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypowwow
he, she, itpowwows

Past simpleLesson

all personspowwowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave powwowed
he, she, ithas powwowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill powwow

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpowwower

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
powerhousepowerlesspowerlessnesspowerpointpoxpracticablepracticalB1
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