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English Dictionary: powwow by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
powwow
n
  1. (informal) a quick private conference [syn: huddle, powwow]
  2. a council of or with Native Americans
v
  1. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Powwow \Pow"wow`\, v. i.
      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.]
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