'Pompon' definitions:
Definition of 'pompon'
(from WordNet)
noun
Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat [syn: pompon, pom-pom]
noun
Dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward [syn: pompon, black margate, Anisotremus surinamensis]
Definition of 'Pompon'
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]