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pom-pom

pom-pom

1 3.9
A soft, fluffy ball made from yarn that people wave at sports games and put on hats
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑmˌpɑm/
translation icon : pom-pom
  • He bought a scarf with colorful pom-poms attached at the ends.

While on the subject of fluffy slippers, well, it's kind of hard to show you, but I have this really, really comfy robe and it has little pom pom balls.

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Examples

  • So I put on my happy pom pom earrings.

  • Then there's this kind of blue fluffy pom pom that seems to expand out the center.

  • I found this pom pom which I was like what is that?

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  • And a double pom pom hat because it's cold and I need to keep my ears warm.

  • These little pom poms remind me of boba, I mean mochi.

  • There's cushions with pom poms, Mark's lamp shopping.

  • He did not just take the pom poms, grabbing the pom poms and cheerleading.

  • She sewed a bright red pom-pom onto her winter hat for decoration.

  • The child twirled her pom-pom while cheering for the team.

Synonyms

pompom
vspom-pom
5 2.3

A small ball of fluffy yarn used as a decoration or waved by cheerleaders

is used mainly for wearable decoration and not for cheering
pompon
vspom-pom
1 7.9

A small ball of soft yarn used to decorate hats and clothes

is written with a hyphen in its name

How Fluffy

fuzzball
  • Informal
3 5.5
pom-pom
1 3.9
tuft
16 3.5

Surface Forms

pom-pom singular
pom-poms plural

Etymology

Pom-pom for the small decorative ball comes from French pompon, which meant a 'tuft' or little round ornament, and it was used for bits of wool on hats and clothes, which is why we still call those small woolly decorations 'pom-poms'.