Gunpowder or "black powder" is a propellant used in early firearms. Gunpowder may also refer to: Arts and media "Gunpowder" (song), by Wyclef Jean Gunpowder (TV series), a 2017 British historical drama television series Places Gunpowder, Queensland, Australia Gunpowder River, Maryland, U.S. Gunpowder Town, an abandoned town, now Joppatowne, Maryland, U.S. Other uses Gunpowder tea, a form of Chinese tea Smokeless powder, sometimes called gunpowder, a number of propellants used in firearms that produce negligible smoke A slang term for the South Asian spice mix idli podi or milagai podi. See also Gunpowder empires Gunpowder Incident Gunpowder Plot