Hypertext Webster Gateway: "powwow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Powwow \Pow"wow`\, v. i.
1. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure
of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
2. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. [Colloq. U.
S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
powwow
n : (informal) a quick private conference [syn: {huddle}]
v : hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
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