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Definition: Pom-pom |
Pom-pomNoun1. Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat. 2. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, noun. [Imitative.]. (references) |
Synonyms: Pom-pomSynonyms: ack-ack (n), ack-ack gun (n), antiaircraft (n), antiaircraft gun (n), flack (n), flak (n), pompon (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: machine for making pompoms (european union, industry). |
Crosswords: Pom-pom |
| Non-English Usage: "Pom-pom" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (pompom, pom-pom). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Nikki and the Pom-Pom Girls (1987) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| "Flower series 5" by Frank Manno Commentary: "Red pom-pom daisy taken from my backyard garden." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Pom-pom" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Pom-pom" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pom-pom": pom-pom-pom. | |
Ending with "pom-pom": tiddly-om-pom-pom. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pom-pom"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mitraloz kundërajror. (various references) | |
Hungarian | pom-pom (pompom), légvédelmi gépágyú (pompom, pompom gun). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | om-pompay.(various references) | |
Spanish | cañón antiaéreo (antiaircraft gun). (various references) | |
Turkish | ufak seri ateşli top. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Pom-pom" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Plon-plon, po-po. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pompom. | |
| Words within the letters "m-m-o-o-p-p" | |
-2 letters: pomp, poop. | |
-3 letters: mom, moo, mop, pom, pop. | |
-4 letters: mm, mo, om, op. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-m-o-o-p-p" | |
+1 letter: pompoms. | |
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