pom-pom : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pom-pom	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pom-pom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pom-pom n decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat Synonym(s): pompon, pom-pom artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes Synonym(s): antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] 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. Sometimes, any of other similar automatic cannons.