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Definition of powwow in English: powwownoun ˈpaʊwaʊˈpaʊˌwaʊ 1A North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing and dancing. Example sentencesExamples - How and when the powwow began is complex, embedded in ancient cultural heritage and symbolism.
- Intertribal powwows featuring dance competitions are the ones at which visitors are most welcome.
- The last time I had been in Red Lake I was with my mother, sister, nieces, nephews and in-laws for a powwow.
- Based on the records of explorers, the Omaha Nation of Nebraska has been counting annual powwows for about 200 years.
- Still, a powwow is more than just dancing, drumming and eating Indian tacos; it's a bonding experience for the Aboriginal community.
- I became obsessed and took part in sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, powwows and other Aboriginal spiritual events.
- Alcohol and drugs are banned from powwow sites, and some powwows are organized to celebrate sobriety.
- We'll live in a tipi camp, learn about the plains environment, practice some traditional arts, attend a powwow, and hike in the splendour of the northern Rockies.
- He said his nominator asked him to attend the powwow and participate in a Plains Cree ceremony.
- Tipis routinely are transported to powwows, barter fairs and rendezvous on a truck's carrying racks.
- That year, there was a national powwow with dances and ceremonies.
- With a special pullout calendar of events, it encourages visitors to spend their tourist dollars by attending ethnic festivals or powwows, to feast on authentic cuisine and purchase artifacts from ethnic vendors.
- West, a Southern Cheyenne chief, says the buckskin shirt he wears to powwows has a connection to the animal it came from.
- Attend powwows and Métis festivals and talk to Elders.
- In the past few decades, a rising interest in North American Plains culture has resurrected competition powwows on an extraordinary scale, bringing with it a huge demand for feathers.
- I love the sound of Indian drums and chants at powwows and opera.
- I ask if he would be so kind as to take me back to his tepee for a short powwow, and we walk down a sidewalk to a small patch of grass outside the rodeo arena.
- Dance will be a major part of the powwow, with several rounds of exhibition and intertribal dancing - and lots of audience participation - on both days.
- The park had denied permission allegedly because park rules stipulate that events must end by a specified time, whereas ‘a proper powwow goes on all night.’
- Other Native American tribes have experienced a similar rebirth, adopting, for example, the powwows and dances of the Plains Indians even though these practices were not part of their lost tradition.
2A conference or meeting for discussion, especially among friends or colleagues. Example sentencesExamples - One minute, he's in a strategic powwow with top executives, in the next, he's peppered with questions from financial news reporters.
- Due to the divergent stances of the member nations, the annual powwow had difficulty reaching consensus on major international security issues and resolving economic problems.
- After the crew ties the boats off to the right-hand bank and scouts the rapid, the two put their heads together for a powwow.
- If things are as you say, you need to have a major powwow with your husband and discuss his relationship with his mother.
- More than 200 people attended the institution's 32nd annual powwow which was held in conjunction with the workshop.
Synonyms discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference
verb ˈpaʊwaʊˈpaʊˌwaʊ [no object]informal Hold a powwow; confer. news squads powwowed nervously Example sentencesExamples - He will be powwowing with Fortune 500 executives, foreign leaders, and banking magnates, too.
- They hung around one night after the shelter closed and powwowed about ‘the three most pressing topics we wanted to raise at the staff meeting,’ she says.
- The leaders of both sides of the argument will powwow in Miami.
- At one point during the annual sales powwow at a San Francisco convention center in August, a wizened Chambers came out from behind the podium to be closer to the 10,000 salespeople.
- In a meeting of altruistic minds at Stanford University last spring, 80 members of the tourism, academic, and NGO worlds powwowed on the subject of global giving.
Synonyms talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on
Origin Early 17th century: from Narragansett powah, powwaw 'magician' (literally 'he dreams'). Definition of powwow in US English: powwownounˈpouˌwouˈpaʊˌwaʊ 1A North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing and dancing. Example sentencesExamples - Still, a powwow is more than just dancing, drumming and eating Indian tacos; it's a bonding experience for the Aboriginal community.
- Other Native American tribes have experienced a similar rebirth, adopting, for example, the powwows and dances of the Plains Indians even though these practices were not part of their lost tradition.
- We'll live in a tipi camp, learn about the plains environment, practice some traditional arts, attend a powwow, and hike in the splendour of the northern Rockies.
- I ask if he would be so kind as to take me back to his tepee for a short powwow, and we walk down a sidewalk to a small patch of grass outside the rodeo arena.
- The last time I had been in Red Lake I was with my mother, sister, nieces, nephews and in-laws for a powwow.
- The park had denied permission allegedly because park rules stipulate that events must end by a specified time, whereas ‘a proper powwow goes on all night.’
- He said his nominator asked him to attend the powwow and participate in a Plains Cree ceremony.
- Attend powwows and Métis festivals and talk to Elders.
- I love the sound of Indian drums and chants at powwows and opera.
- That year, there was a national powwow with dances and ceremonies.
- Tipis routinely are transported to powwows, barter fairs and rendezvous on a truck's carrying racks.
- In the past few decades, a rising interest in North American Plains culture has resurrected competition powwows on an extraordinary scale, bringing with it a huge demand for feathers.
- How and when the powwow began is complex, embedded in ancient cultural heritage and symbolism.
- West, a Southern Cheyenne chief, says the buckskin shirt he wears to powwows has a connection to the animal it came from.
- Intertribal powwows featuring dance competitions are the ones at which visitors are most welcome.
- With a special pullout calendar of events, it encourages visitors to spend their tourist dollars by attending ethnic festivals or powwows, to feast on authentic cuisine and purchase artifacts from ethnic vendors.
- Alcohol and drugs are banned from powwow sites, and some powwows are organized to celebrate sobriety.
- Based on the records of explorers, the Omaha Nation of Nebraska has been counting annual powwows for about 200 years.
- Dance will be a major part of the powwow, with several rounds of exhibition and intertribal dancing - and lots of audience participation - on both days.
- I became obsessed and took part in sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, powwows and other Aboriginal spiritual events.
2A conference or meeting for discussion, especially among friends or colleagues. Example sentencesExamples - After the crew ties the boats off to the right-hand bank and scouts the rapid, the two put their heads together for a powwow.
- One minute, he's in a strategic powwow with top executives, in the next, he's peppered with questions from financial news reporters.
- If things are as you say, you need to have a major powwow with your husband and discuss his relationship with his mother.
- Due to the divergent stances of the member nations, the annual powwow had difficulty reaching consensus on major international security issues and resolving economic problems.
- More than 200 people attended the institution's 32nd annual powwow which was held in conjunction with the workshop.
Synonyms discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference
verbˈpouˌwouˈpaʊˌwaʊ [no object]informal Hold a powwow; confer. news squads powwowed nervously Example sentencesExamples - They hung around one night after the shelter closed and powwowed about ‘the three most pressing topics we wanted to raise at the staff meeting,’ she says.
- In a meeting of altruistic minds at Stanford University last spring, 80 members of the tourism, academic, and NGO worlds powwowed on the subject of global giving.
- At one point during the annual sales powwow at a San Francisco convention center in August, a wizened Chambers came out from behind the podium to be closer to the 10,000 salespeople.
- The leaders of both sides of the argument will powwow in Miami.
- He will be powwowing with Fortune 500 executives, foreign leaders, and banking magnates, too.
Synonyms talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on
Origin Early 17th century: from Narragansett powah, powwaw ‘magician’ (literally ‘he dreams’). |