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pom-pom
/ ˈpɒmpɒm /
noun
- an automatic rapid-firing, small-calibre cannon, esp a type of anti-aircraft cannon used in World War II Also calledpompom
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pom-pom1
C19: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
For the half-time show, a cheerleader and her doppelgängers perform some hypnotic, pom-pom routines (see 1:11).
From The Daily Beast
A pom-pom of ours is now popping away just ahead, and there is a good deal of rifle-fire.
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Then pom-pom-pom, whew-w-w-w, as shells came singing over the rear-guard.
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The cheering broke out again, and some of Sesar Karvall's guardsmen began firing a pom-pom somewhere.
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With a 'pom-pom' gun it's just like playing a garden hose on them, only it's high-explosive shell instead of water.
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Gun, pom-pom, machine gun, and rifle blazed out from right to left along more than three miles of entrenchments.
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