powwow
pow wow
- n (informal) a quick private conference
- n a council of or with Native Americans
- v hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
- They turn quiet and suspicious when a new couple, strangers, is seated across the room, then return to their powwow.
- Chief Arvol Looking Horse rests his horse on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation (1); Standing Rock Sioux gather for a traditional powwow (2); sisters Shelly Eagleman Bointy .
- Isn't that the place where old people powwow over coffee? Later, the lead singer of another band, called Man on Earth, tries to whip the fans into more of a frenzy.