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pow

1

[ pou ]

interjection

  1. (used to express or indicate a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.)


noun

  1. a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
  2. the power of exciting.

adjective

  1. exciting and appealing.

pow

2

[ poh, pou ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.
  1. the head; poll.

POW

3
or P.O.W.
  1. prisoner of war.

pow

1

/ paʊ /

noun

  1. a creek or slow stream
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


pow

2

/ paʊ /

interjection

  1. an exclamation imitative of a collision, explosion, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

POW

3

abbreviation for

  1. prisoner of war
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pow

4

/ paʊ /

noun

  1. the head or a head of hair
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pow1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Origin of pow2

First recorded in 1715–25; variant of poll 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pow1

C15: from earlier Scots poll

Origin of pow2

a Scot variant of poll
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Example Sentences

A map shows each station on the route, along with marking POW camps and other landmarks along the way.

He cites an interview that a freed POW, Air Force Lt. Col. William Harrison, gave to The New York Times in 1953.

And when rappers battle one another with their wits and words, it is similar to the bam-pow!

For years, the Obama administration avoided calling Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl a POW.

When the risks and results of fighting are not equally distributed, we default to a world that delivers “Bow-wow POW.”

She's done got a pow'ful quick tempah, my Miss Betty has, same's all my Somerset family had, bein' fust quality folks lak dey was.

He was a skittish horse, gentle, as Andy explained, but "pow'ful nervous—had to be sort o' coaxed along."

There was a grand "pow-wow," as William called it, after he came.

Why should he be permitted to defile with the fat of his sleek locks a crown intended to adorn the grizzled pow of his elders?

Among the neighboring Cherokees, was one named Silouee, celebrated as a chief and pow-wow, or medicine man.

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