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- Dictionaryboomerang/ˈbuːməraŋ/
noun
- 1. a curved flat piece of wood that can be thrown so that it will return to the thrower, traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people as a hunting weapon.
verb
- 1. (of a plan or action) recoil on the originator: "misleading consumers about quality will eventually boomerang on a car-maker"
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BOOMERANG definition: 1. a curved stick that, when thrown in a particular way, comes back to the person who threw it 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of BOOMERANG is a bent or angular throwing club typically flat on one side and rounded on the other so that it soars or curves in flight; especially : one designed to return near the thrower.
1. a flat, curved stick that can be thrown so that it will return to a point near the thrower: it is used as a weapon by Australian Aborigines. 2. something that goes contrary to expectations and results in disadvantage or harm to the person doing or saying it. verb intransitive.
A boomerang is a curved piece of wood that returns to the thrower if tossed correctly. To boomerang is to bounce back to a previous position like a boomerang.
Oct 31, 2017 · a curved flat piece of wood that you throw and that can fly in a circle and come back to you. Boomerangs were first used by Australian Aborigines as weapons when they were hunting. (figurative) The plan had a boomerang effect (= caused unexpected harm to the person responsible for it).
BOOMERANG meaning: a curved, flat, wooden tool that can be thrown in such a way that it returns to the thrower
BOOMERANG definition: a curved piece of wood that comes back to you when you throw it. Learn more.
What does the word boomerang mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word boomerang . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. A boomerang is a curved piece of wood that comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there. [...] 2. If a plan boomerangs, its result is not the one that was intended and is harmful to the person who made the plan. [...] More.
BOOMERANG meaning: 1. a curved stick that, when thrown in a particular way, comes back to the person who threw it 2…. Learn more.
