powwow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (informal) a quick private conference
    huddle.
  2. noun a council of or with Native Americans
  3. verb hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting

WordNet


Pow"wow` intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
  2. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. Colloq. U. S. 4. To hold a meeting to discuss an issue.

Webster 1913