pois
pois is the plural of poi.
Meaning of poi
Noun (1)
poi (uncountable)
- The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
- It was a far cry from the traditional Hawaiian feast, which always included the beloved poi, a purplish paste made from pounded taro root […].2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 104
- A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.
Noun (2)
poi (countable and uncountable, plural poi or pois)
- A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string.
- Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance. Classic poi dances and songs are reputed to have been those of the people of the Taranaki, Rotorua, and Whanganui tribal areas, but poi are now performed everywhere in Aotearoa.2008, Ellen Koskoff, “Haka poi”, in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Routledge, →ISBN, page 738
- A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball.
Noun (1) capitalized: POIS
POIS (uncountable)
- Initialism of postorgasmic illness syndrome.
Noun (2) capitalized: POIs
POIs
- plural of POI
Phrases with pois
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