Meaning & use
pompons
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Decorative tufts or balls of fluffy material, such as those carried by cheerleaders or used as trimmings.
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The cheerleaders waved their pompons as the team scored.
Small pompons decorated the edges of the knitted hat.
A note on using this word
"Pompon" and "pompom" are variant spellings of the same word, borrowed from French "pompon," a tuft of ribbons or feathers.
Words with a similar meaning
pompomstassels
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