Pompon /(?)/

Pom·pon

Pompon

n.
  1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
  2. 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. (Mil.)
  3. A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers.
  4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
  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.