Pom-pom

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
     originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
     cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
     attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
     drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
     mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
     an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
     material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
     slippers.
     [PJC]
  
     2. a {pompon}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
     1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
        by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
        instead of a feather.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3.
        (a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
            of flowers.
        (b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
        plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
        [PJC]
  
     5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
        hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
        contests. See {pompom girl}. Called also {pompom}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pom-pom
       n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk;
            usually worn on a hat [syn: {pompon}]
       2: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: {antiaircraft},
           {antiaircraft gun}, {flak}, {flack}, {ack-ack}, {ack-ack
          gun}]