noun: (Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
noun: (US, chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
verb: (transitive) To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
verb: (intransitive) To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony.
