to powwow

Examples

• All

• Let's powwow later to discuss our plans for the weekend.

• You wanna powwow?

  Bound by Honor (1993)

• You guys can powwow all night.

  Unknown (2006)

• And I'm gonna hop off and sort of powwow with my folks here and.

• "Here again is someone D'Souza might find it difficult to powwow with.

  Academic text (2001)

• Apart, we've got to powwow.

  Human Traffic (1999)

• Captain, you make your inspection... while I powwow with Major Barker.

  Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

• A marginal Indian to the ones powwowing, migrating, and buffaloing on the plains.

  Fiction book (1994)

• More recently, William Powers (1990: 57-58, 64, 69, 1980: 223) described powwows as "mainly secular in context"; Oklahoma powwows, in particular, are "secular events."

  Academic text (1994)

• Do you want to powwow before the meeting to go over the agenda?

Synonyms

M

to meet up

vsto powwow

• Informal

122 1.8

To come together with friends to spend time

is used for social visits rather than focused planning or decision making

G

to get together

vsto powwow

• Informal

118 2.8

To bring people together for a meeting or activity

is focused on informal discussion and joint planning rather than just meeting

C

to conference

vsto powwow

• Formal

6 4.0

To talk with others to make a decision or share ideas

is informal and used for quick collaborative planning rather than formal meetings

C

to confab

vsto powwow

• Informal

1 8.5

To talk briefly and informally with someone, often in private

emphasizes meeting to plan or decide rather than casual talk

F

to foregather

vsto powwow

• Archaic

1 9.2

To come together in one place, often for a meeting

focuses on informal planning discussions rather than mere assembling or presence

How Formal

to convene

• Formal

45 5.7

to discuss

∞ 1.6

to meet

∞ 1.0

to powwow

• Informal

2 8.0

to chat

• Informal

269 1.0

gossip

• Informal

184 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology