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What's the meaning of ポンポンしている in the following sentence? Context: a girl is
touching his friend's boxing gloves and then says:

> へーなんかポンポンしててカワイー

Of all the meanings I found on dictionaries (cheerleaders' pom-poms as a noun,
bang-bang, one after another, outspokenly as adverbs/onomatopoeia) none seems
to fit the context. Could it mean that they are soft like cheerleaders' pom-
poms, and therefore cute (even though I don't think boxing gloves are that
soft)? Thank you for your help!
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meaning onomatopoeia
Meaning of ポンポンしている
ポンポン is pong-pong or pompon.

It's one of [onomatopoeia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia) and
mimetic words like ping-pong or ding-dong or tick-tack.

Sounds like bouncy like
[this](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=bouncy&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj76LCj_JXTAhXIvbwKHfeSD1oQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=610).
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In this context, 「ぽんぽん/ポンポン」 would mean " ** _plump_** ". It has absolutely
nothing to do with "pom-poms".

「ポンポンしている」＝「ふくれている」 or 「ふっくらしている」

「ぱんぱん」 would be a synonym.

To comment on your question title, we do not really say 「ポンポンする」; We
say「ポンポンしている」.
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