pow

See also: POW and pōw

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • 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.

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

pow m (plural powyow)

  1. country, land
  2. province, region

Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English poll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌu/

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’)
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