how to pronounce pow

/ˈpaʊ/

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pow is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pow in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… all of a sudden it's like pow it's in …”

meanings of pow

noun:

Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work").
Initialism of prisoner of war.
Initialism of place of worship.
The sound of a violent impact.
The sound of an explosion.
Initialism of proof of work.
Alternative form of poll.
Clipping of powder (“powder snow").

interjection:

The sound of an explosion.
The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch.

pow frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pow occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pow can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pow can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;