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Meanings of pom-pom in English

Russian
помпон
Portuguese
pompom
Spanish
pompón
Catalan
pompó
Wikidata

Tufts or bunches of ribbon, velvet, or thread, worn in the hair, on a cap, or dress, or similar bunches of streamers used in cheerleading.

помпон
Portuguese
ack-ack-ack
Catalan
antiaeri

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.

ack-ack-ack
Usage of pom-pom in English
1
And my suitcase has a bilious green pom-pom attached to the handle.
Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
2
Then we argued about how to tie it into a pom-pom.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
3
The zip across the top edge had a furry pom-pom to pull it.
Never let me go
4
Once she's away from the pom-pom club, I should be able to trail her.
Touching darkness
5
The pom-pom buttons on the front of his suit are as large as saucers.
True Lies
6
Beside me, Jessica was waving a two-dollar blue-and-orange pom-pom, her face glowing with excitement.
The Duff
7
Six guns, a pom-pom, and 1000 head of cattle were the prizes of the victors.
The Great Boer War
8
Our friend the pom-pom once more, and most vivacious.
The Relief of Mafeking / How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flyi...
9
Of the pom-pom, which I succeeded in saving from the enemy's hands, the same writer says:-
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
10
A new and unpleasant experience in the shape of a pom-pom has come upon the scene.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.
11
But I believe the pom-pom was smashed up, and a big gun silenced, if not smashed.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.
12
No more convincing cheerleader ever shook a pom-pom.
Lit: a memoir
13
A pom-pom and twenty prisoners, including the commander of the police, were the trophies of the day.
The Great Boer War
14
Thus pom-pom ammunition is out of place in the brigade ammunition columns of field artillery, and S.A.A.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
A pom-pom was lost in this affair.
The Great Boer War
16
On the 10th he got a pom-pom.
The Great Boer War
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