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pom-pom

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pom-pom [ˈpɒmpɒm]
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an automatic rapid-firing, small-calibre cannon, esp a type of anti-aircraft cannon used in World War II Also called pompom
[of imitative origin]
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Noun1.pom-pompom-pom - decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
pompon
adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
2.pom-pompom-pom - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak
Bofors gun - an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
predictor - a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
Translations
pom-pom [ˈpɒmpɒm] pom-pon [ˈpɒmpɒn] N (on hat etc) → borla f, pompón m
pom-pom pompom [ˈpɒmpɒm] n → pompon m


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They were all bombs of various types mostly in glass--none of the German airships carried any guns at all except one small pom-pom (to use the old English nickname dating from the Boer war), which was forward in the gallery upon the shield at the heart of the eagle.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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