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1. (n.) boomerang
a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
2. boomerang
something, as a scheme or argument, that does injury to the originator.
3. (v.i.) boomerang
to come back or return, as a boomerang.
4. boomerang
to cause harm to the originator; backfire.
Etymology: (1820–30; < Dharuk būmariny)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) boomerang, throwing stick, throw stick
a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
2. (verb) backfire, boomerang
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
3. (verb) boomerang
return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) boomerang
a very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. boomerang
a missile of hard curved wood used by the Australian aborigines of 2½ ft. long; a deadly weapon, so constructed that, though thrown forward, it takes a whirling course upwards till it stops, when it returns with a swoop and falls in the rear of the thrower.
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Sense: a curved piece of wood used by Australian aborigines which, when thrown, returns to the thrower.
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 Afrikaans: boemerang |
 Arabic: قَوْسٌ خَشَبِيَّةٌ مُرْتَ |
 Bulgarian: бумеранг |
 Brazilian: bumerangue |
 Czech: bumerang |
 German: der Bumerang |
 Danish: boomerang |
 Greek: μπούμεραγκ |
 Spanish: bumerán |
 Estonian: bumerang |
 Farsi: بومرنگ |
 Finnish: bumerangi |
 French: boomerang |
 Hebrew: בּוּמְרַנְג |
 Hindi: बूमरैंग, आस्ट्रेलिया के आ |
 Croatian: bumerang |
 Hungarian: bumeráng |
 Indonesian: bumerang |
 Icelandic: bjúgverpill, búmerang |
 Italian: boomerang |
 Japanese: ブーメラン |
 Korean: 부메랑 |
 Lithuanian: bumerangas |
 Latvian: bumerangs |
 Malay: bumerang |
 Dutch: boemerang |
 Norwegian: bumerang |
 Polish: bumerang |
 Persian: بومرنگ |
 Pashto: بومرنګ |
 Portuguese: bumerangue |
 Romanian: bumerang |
 Russian: бумеранг |
 Slovak: bumerang |
 Slovenian: bumerang |
 Serbian: bumerang |
 Swedish: bumerang |
 Thai: ไม้ที่มีลักษณะโค้งแบน เมื |
 Turkish: bumerang |
 Taiwanese: 回力鏢 |
 Ukrainian: бумеранг |
 Urdu: آسٹریلوی باشندوں ایک ہتھی |
 Vietnamese: vũ khí bumơrang |
 Chinese: 回飞镖 |
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