pompon

[ pom-pon ]
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noun
  1. the high plume at the front of a shako.

  1. Horticulture. a form of small, globe-shaped flower head that characterizes a class or type of various flowering plants, especially chrysanthemums and dahlias.

Origin of pompon

1
1740–50; <French; repetitive formation, apparently based on pompepomp

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How to use pompon in a sentence

  • It came four months later, as she stood on the sidelines of a tournament basketball game, clutching a pompon in each hand.

    Forced to Cheer for Her Attacker | Jessica Bennett | September 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.

  • The pig-headed prowler I saw, with my pompon missing from his shoe, and his bonne amie wearing the stolen ring.

  • The poor pompon, exceedingly perplexed, tugged at his beard, thoughtfully gnawing wisps of it.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • It may be, child, for anything that I know; because I do not know what part of all this frippery thy pompon is.

    Thackerayana | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • It is the most conspicuous feature of the military uniform, the plume, the pompon, which marks all kinds of military dress-hats.

    Captain Jinks, Hero | Ernest Crosby