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Definition: POWPOW |
POWPOWNoun1. Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering. 2. Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes. 3. A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
powpow | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-o-p-p-w-w" | |
-2 letters: poop. | |
-3 letters: pop, pow, woo, wop, wow. | |
-4 letters: op, ow, wo. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 57 50 4F 57 |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01010111 01010000 01001111 01010111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O W P O W |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 0057 0050 004F 0057 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)504957504957 |
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