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Definition: Pompom
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]
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]