Boomerang

//ˈbuːməɹæŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the returning boomerang).

    "Some resemblance to terrestrial things, it is true, everyone can behold in the heavens. Corona, for example, is like a crown, or, as the Australian black fellows know, it is like a boomerang, and we can understand why they give it the name of that curious curved missile."

  2. 2
    a miscalculation that recoils on its maker wordnet
  3. 3
    A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.

    "Before long, however, these pike-like devices were mostly superseded by spring-operated guns of various types. Most of them shot spinning disks, crosses, or small boomerangs of thin steel."

  4. 4
    a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower wordnet
  5. 5
    A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on their hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.
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  1. 6
    A boomerang kick.
  2. 7
    A device for changing the color of a followspot.

    "Roll: A live action changing from one color to another. Typically requires dexterity to "crossfade" between two colors in the boomerang with one hand while following with the other."

  3. 8
    The early return of an aircraft whose mission was aborted, often due to technical failures.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang."

  4. 9
    A cocktail made with rye whiskey and Swedish punsch.
Verb
  1. 1
    To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire. intransitive

    ""Well, there must be some flaw about this," I suggested. "If your magnet is so strong as all that, you would have your own broadside boomeranging back upon you.""

  2. 2
    return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang wordnet
  3. 3
    To travel in a curved path. intransitive

    "He said that to the horse as it boomeranged off again and broke away through the scrub."

  4. 4
    To abort a mission and return to base early.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dharug bumariny.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dharug bumariny.

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