pow

1
[ pou ]
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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.

Origin of pow

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Words Nearby pow

Other definitions for pow (2 of 3)

pow2
[ poh, pou ]

nounScot. and North England.
  1. the head; poll.

Origin of pow

2
First recorded in 1715–25; variant of poll1

Other definitions for POW (3 of 3)

POW

  1. prisoner of war.

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How to use pow in a sentence

  • 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.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for pow (1 of 4)

pow1

/ (paʊ) /


interjection
  1. an exclamation imitative of a collision, explosion, etc

British Dictionary definitions for pow (2 of 4)

pow2

/ (paʊ) /


noun
  1. Scot the head or a head of hair

Origin of pow

2
a Scot variant of poll

British Dictionary definitions for pow (3 of 4)

pow3

/ (paʊ) /


noun
  1. Scot a creek or slow stream

Origin of pow

3
C15: from earlier Scots poll

British Dictionary definitions for POW (4 of 4)

POW

abbreviation for
  1. prisoner of war

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