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]