powwow

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A council or meeting with or of Native Americans.
2. n. A Native American shaman.
3. n. A ceremony conducted by a shaman, as in the performance of healing or hunting rituals.
4. n. Informal A conference or gathering.
5. v. Informal To hold a powwow.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. As applied to the North American aborigines: A priest; a conjurer.
2. n. A conjuration performed for the cure of diseases.
3. n. A dance, feast, or other public celebration preliminary to a grand hunt, a council, a war expedition, or some similar undertaking.
4. n. Hence Any uproarious meeting or conference; a meeting where there is more noise than deliberation.
5. As applied to the North American aborigines, to perform a ceremony with conjurations for the cure of diseases and for other purposes.
6. Hence To hold a consultation; deliberate over events.
7. To hold any noisy meeting.

Wiktionary

1. n. A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman.
2. n. A Native American shaman.
3. n. A Native American council or meeting.
4. n. informal A short, private conference.
5. v. intransitive To hold a meeting; to gather together in council.
6. v. intransitive To conduct a ritual in which magic is used.
7. v. informal, intransitive To hold a private conference.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians.
2. n. 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. n. Archaic, formerly Colloq. U. S. Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
4. n. Informal Any meeting assembled to discuss an issue; a parley.
5. v. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
6. v. Archaic, formerly Colloq. U. S. To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.
7. v. Informal To hold a meeting to discuss an issue.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
2. n. a council of or with Native Americans
3. n. (informal) a quick private conference