word pompon, which refers to a small decorative ball made of fabric or feathers. It also means an "ornamental round tuft" and originally refers to its use on a hat, or an "ornamental tuft; tuft-like flower head."

*Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) gives the spelling as "pompon."
*The New Oxford American Dictionary (third edition, 2010) gives the spelling as "pom-pom."
*The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language