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POW

noun
/paʊ/

Etymology

Three possible origins: * A variant of the English surname Poe. * Borrowed from Cantonese 包 (baau1) and 鮑 /鲍 (baau1); compare Bao, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters. * Borrowed from Hokkien 傅 (pò͘); compare Fu, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.

  1. borrowed from 傅
  2. borrowed from 包

Definitions

  1. Initialism of prisoner of war.

    • After his capture, he was taken to a camp for POWs.

  2. Initialism of place of worship.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work”).

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch.

      • Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

    2. The sound of an explosion or gunshot.

      • Pow, they took off.
      • ‘Pow-pow-pow...’ Monte drew and slaughtered the besiegers.

    3. The sound of a violent impact.

    4. The sound of an explosion.

    5. Alternative form of poll.

      • he'd snuffle round the door till the few remaining hairs on the bald pow of Munro would fair rise on end.

    6. Clipping of powder (“powder snow”).

    7. Initialism of proof of work.

    8. A surname.

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Derived

kerpow

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA