pompom
1or pom-pom
[pom-pom]
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noun
an automatic antiaircraft cannon.
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Origin of pompom
1First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative
pompom
2or pom-pom
[pom-pom]
noun
Origin of pompom
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Contemporary Examples of pom-pom
For the half-time show, a cheerleader and her doppelgängers perform some hypnotic, pom-pom routines (see 1:11).
Historical Examples of pom-pom
Even the emplacements of a field gun and a pom-pom were disclosed by shots casually fired for range-finding purposes.
A Handbook of the Boer WarGale and Polden, Limited
Lieutenant Harwich himself fired with the pom-pom, and was shot through the heart in the act.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, vol. 7Louis Creswicke
Gun, pom-pom, machine gun, and rifle blazed out from right to left along more than three miles of entrenchments.
The InvasionWilliam Le Queux
A pom-pom of ours is now popping away just ahead, and there is a good deal of rifle-fire.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.Erskine Childers
Nineteen prisoners and a pom-pom were captured from the foe.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 6)Louis Creswicke
pom-pom
noun
Word Origin for pom-pom
C19: of imitative origin
pompom
pompon
noun
Word Origin for pompom
C18: from French, from Old French pompe knot of ribbons, of uncertain origin
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