Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pumpion . - noun An ornamental tuft of feathers, silk, etc., for a bonnet or hat; a topknot; specifically (military), a ball of colored wool worn on the front of a shako.
- noun A common name of Anisotremus surinamensis, of the family Hæmulidæ, found from Florida to Brazil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
- noun (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.
- noun A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers.
- noun Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
- noun the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
- noun 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 alsopompom .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bundle of
yarn ,string ,ribbon , etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form apuff orball , as fordecoration or a showyprop forcheerleading .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
- noun decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
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Examples
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The English word "" pumpkin '' may derive from the French word pompon, which in turn may derive from the Greek pepon.
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_ at the very bottom of the wall lay a little woollen pompon or tassel, just the kind of pompon that gives a finish to a pierrot's shoes.
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I topped it off the look with a close-fitting black velvet cocktail hat that ended with a pompon of shiny blue-black cock feathers at my right temple.
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I topped it off the look with a close-fitting black velvet cocktail hat that ended with a pompon of shiny blue-black cock feathers at my right temple.
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I topped it off the look with a close-fitting black velvet cocktail hat that ended with a pompon of shiny blue-black cock feathers at my right temple.
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In 1990, Lawrence Herkimer, inventor of a type of pompon, said, "If times get bad, a father would sell the boat before he would tell his daughter she can't have pompons and her cheerleader sweater."
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I feel pretty good about teaching the chants and cheers, it's creating a pompon routine that's terrifying me.
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I feel pretty good about teaching the chants and cheers, it's creating a pompon routine that's terrifying me.
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I suppose a pompon may have hit him in the head, too.
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She wore a gown of pale saffron trimmed with three bouquets of pompon roses mixed with green.
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