pow

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(especially in children's cartoons) a word that represents the noise of an explosion or a gun being shot:

When I shout "Pow!" that means I've shot you and you have to pretend to be dead.

abbreviation for

He was a POW during the Vietnam war.

a POW camp

(a word representing) a sudden loud noise, as that of an explosion or of a gun being fired:

All of a sudden we heard pow! pow! pow! – like shots being fired.

abbreviation for prisoner of war