'Pompom' definitions:
Definition of 'Pompom'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Pompom'
From: 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]
Definition of 'pompom'
From: 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]