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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pom-pom /ˈpɑmˌpɑm/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pom·pom, Pom-pom n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pom-pom
      n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk;
           usually worn on a hat [syn: pompon]
      2: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft,
          antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, ack-ack, ack-ack
          gun]