| slovo | definícia |
pom-pom
(encz) | pom-pom,bambule n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC] |
pompom
(gcide) | Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC] |
Pom-pom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
pom-pom
(wn) | pom-pom
n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk;
usually worn on a hat [syn: pompon, pom-pom]
2: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn:
antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, {pom-
pom}, ack-ack, ack-ack gun] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Pom-pom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Pompom
(gcide) | Pompom \Pom"pom`\, n.
an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy
material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and
slippers.
[PJC]
2. a pompon.
[PJC]Pompon \Pom"pon\, n. [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn
by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako),
instead of a feather.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3.
(a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads
of flowers.
(b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain
plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
[PJC]
5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the
hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports
contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom.
[PJC]Pompom \Pom"pom`\, Pom-pom \Pom"-pom`\, n. [Imitative.] (Mil.)
originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine
cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt
attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar
drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied
mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Pompom girl
(gcide) | Pompom girl \Pom"pom girl\, n.
a female cheerleader, especially one who waves a pompon[5]
while performing a cheering routine.
[PJC] |
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