pow

🇺🇸 /paʊ/ 🇬🇧 /paʊ/
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Tags TOP20000
interjection
R

A sound made when something explodes or is hit hard.

The superhero landed a punch on the villain and there was a loud 'pow!'

noun
R

A person who is captured by the enemy during war and held in a camp.

He was taken as a POW during the war and was released after the conflict ended.

translation

interj. A sound made when something explodes or is hit hard.
n. A person who is captured by the enemy during war and held in a camp.

Word Forms

Plural POWs