pompon
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈpɑːmˌpɒn/
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pompon
- She wore a red woolen hat with a pompon.
- a pompon hat
Examples
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She wore a red woolen hat with a pompon on top.
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I decorated my scarf with several small pompons for a fun look.
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In front of them, two men with pompons on their hats threw themselves into the crowd below.
Fiction book (1998) -
White walls of shoveled snow grew higher and higher until only the fluffy pompons on their ski caps showed above the passage walls.
Fiction book (1990) -
I said, "Look, we’re in a bar, we’re having a drink:" Some kind of big sports event was on that weekend, and everyone was walking around with scarves on and these little hats with pompons on the top.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm going to get me one of those fancy negligees... and a pair of gold high-heeled slippers... with the fur pompons on them, or whatever you call them.
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The cheerleaders waved bright colored pompons during the game.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small ball of fluffy yarn used as a decoration or waved by cheerleaders
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3.9
A soft, fluffy ball made from yarn that people wave at sports games and put on hats
How Fluffy
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7.9
16
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pompon comes from the French word pomme ('apple'), with a little ending to mean 'small apple'. So a pompon is a small round tuft or ball of wool used as a decoration, like a tiny apple on a hat.