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//paʊ// intj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 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. 2
    The sound of an explosion or gunshot.

    "Pow, they took off."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of prisoner of war. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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

  2. 2
    The sound of a violent impact.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of poll. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative

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

  4. 4
    Initialism of proof of work. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "With PoW, as new, unverified transactions become available or broadcast to the entire blockchain network, each node that maintains a copy of the ledger (also known as a “miner”) verifies a set of those transactions to prevent so called “double spending”."

  5. 5
    a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war wordnet
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  1. 6
    Initialism of place of worship. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    The sound of an explosion.
  3. 8
    Clipping of powder (“powder snow”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
  4. 9
    Alternative letter-case form of POW (“prisoner of war”). alt-of, countable

    "The communists demand the release of all prisoners detained by Saigon – not only the so-called PoWs. This distinction between “prisoners” and “prisoners of war” is significant since the great majority of the NLF members held by Saigon do not have PoW status. Until 1965 there was no such thing as a PoW; NLF prisoners were considered common criminals."

  5. 10
    Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work”). alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 3

Variant forms.

Etymology 4

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.

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