Found 2 items, similar to pom-pom.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pom-pom
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pom-pom
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]