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pom
[ pom ]
/ pÉ’m /
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noun (often initial capital letter)Slang: Usually Disparaging.
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Origin of pom
Probably by back formation
Words nearby pom
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polyzoan,
polyzoarium,
polyzoic,
pom,
pomace,
pomace fly,
pomaceous,
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How to use pom in a sentence
Shattuck retired her pom-poms after two years, but stayed on for six more as a coach.
For the half-time show, a cheerleader and her doppelgängers perform some hypnotic, pom-pom routines (see 1:11).
POM founder Lynda Resnick explains how Spurlock sold her on The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
POM has always had a personality—from its sexy little bottle to its cheeky advertising.
Why not Biscuits for Elephants, POM Wonderful for Elephants, or John Mayer for Elephants?
With great deliberation and much formality Wu-pom Nai proceeded to loosen the boy's heavy plaits of hair.
A pom-pom of ours is now popping away just ahead, and there is a good deal of rifle-fire.
Our side at first answered with pom-poms, Maxims, and rifle-fire, but our guns have just come into action.
Then pom-pom-pom, whew-w-w-w, as shells came singing over the rear-guard.
The black muzzles of multiple pom-poms were swinging around, poking toward the sky.
British Dictionary definitions for pom (1 of 2)
noun
slang, Australian and NZ short for pommy British Dictionary definitions for pom (2 of 2)
abbreviation for
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