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POM-POM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Synonyms:
ack-ack; ack-ack gun; antiaircraft; antiaircraft gun; flack; flak; pom-pom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pom-pom" is a kind of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
Meronyms (parts of "pom-pom"):
predictor (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pom-pom"):
Bofors gun (an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
Synonyms:
pom-pom; pompon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pom-pom" is a kind of...):
adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
