pompon

Meaning

1. A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
2. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
3. Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

Synonyms

black margate

tassel

Anisotremus surinamensis

pom-pom

sender

transmitter

tuft

tussock

wisp

black thicklip

Mexican bull

bobble

lippe

bobbles

powder puff

riband

Translations

pompon

Anisotremus surinamensis

borla

Bommel

Pompon

Lesebändchen

κορδέλλα

πομπός

κορδέλα

fettuccia

pompon

lint

🎀

pompon

kwastje

Etymology

From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”).