pow

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See also: POW, pow., and pōw

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Interjection

pow

  1. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch.
  2. The sound of an explosion.
Translations

Noun

pow (plural pows)

  1. The sound of a violent impact.
  2. The sound of an explosion.
Translations

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

pow (plural pows)

  1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Alternative form of poll
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 24:
      he'd snuffle round the door till the few remaining hairs on the bald pow of Munro would fair rise on end.
  2. (skiing slang) Clipping of powder (powder snow).

Anagrams


Cornish

Noun

pow m (plural powyow)

  1. country, land
  2. province, region

Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English poll.

Pronunciation

Noun

pow (plural pows)

  1. head (of a human, animal, flower etc.)
    Three times the carline grain'd and rifted, / Then frae the cod her pow she lifted. Three times the old woman groaned and belched, then from the pillow her head she lifted. (Allan Ramsay, ‘Lucky Spence's Last Advice’)