Found 2 items, similar to Pompon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pompon pompon n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat [syn: pom-pom] 2: dusky gray food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward [syn: black margate, Anisotremus surinamensis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pompon 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]