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pompom

1
or pom-pom

[ pom-pom ]

noun

  1. Also . an ornamental tuft or ball of feathers, wool, or the like, used on hats, slippers, etc.


pompom

2
or pom-pom

[ pom-pom ]

noun

  1. an automatic antiaircraft cannon.

pompom

/ ˈpɒmpɒm /

noun

  1. a ball of tufted silk, wool, feathers, etc, worn on a hat for decoration
    1. the small globelike flower head of certain cultivated varieties of dahlia and chrysanthemum
    2. ( as modifier )

      pompom dahlia

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pompom1

First recorded in 1740–50; variant of pompon, with assimilation of final n

Origin of pompom2

First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pompom1

C18: from French, from Old French pompe knot of ribbons, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

There are young women who look like they could have come straight from a college campus, in puffy jackets and pompom hats.

Towards evening the voice of the pompom was heard in the land; but he bagged nothing—never does.

In the afternoon one of our guns on Cæsar's Camp smashed a pompom.

As the extended lines of the infantry moved through the town they were greeted by pompom fire, which, however, did no damage.

Boers began attack at daybreak with two or three guns and a pompom, shelling the position hard.

A deputation of ladies had, meanwhile, presented the Duchess with a table-gong made of pompom shells mounted on a rhinoceros horn.

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