Thesaurus: powwow
To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
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Definitions
- v. i. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
- v. i. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.
- n. (informal) a quick private conference
- n. a council of or with Native Americans
- v. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
- v:10/n:90 n. a council of or with Native Americans v. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting