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pwn.

To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/pəʊn/UK/pɔːn/UK/piˈəʊn/UK, rare/poʊn/US
  1. To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

    Internet · ambitransitive · dated
    I pwned them in game!
Where this word comes from

From own, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of o and p on qwerty keyboards).

noun/pəʊn/UK/pɔːn/UK/piˈəʊn/UK, rare/poʊn/US
  1. Triumph, victory. Often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.

    Internet · countable · uncountable
  2. An exploit in computer security, especially relating to machine code.

    Internet · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From own, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of o and p on qwerty keyboards).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.