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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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A boomerang is a curved stick that returns to the thrower, or a plan that backfires. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
BOOMERANG meaning: 1. a curved stick that, when thrown in a...
- Boomerang: Danish Translation
boomerang - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Boomerang: Norwegian Translation
boomerang - translate into Norwegian with the...
- Znaczenie Boomerang, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
boomerang definicja: 1. a curved stick that, when thrown in...
- Boomerang: Thai Translation
boomerang translate: ไม้ที่มีลักษณะโค้งแบน...
- Boomerang: Polish Translation
BOOMERANG translate: bumerang, bumerang. Learn more in the...
- Boomerang Spanish Translation
boomerang translate: bumerang, bumerán. Learn more in the...
- Boomerang Turkish Translation
BOOMERANG translate: fırlatıldığında geri gelen hafif...
- English (US)
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.
Boomerang definition: a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by Australian Aboriginal peoples as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.. See examples of BOOMERANG used in a sentence.
A boomerang is a curved flat piece of wood that you throw and that can fly in a circle and come back to you. Learn more about its origin, usage and figurative meaning in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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.
A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which 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.
Learn the noun and verb meanings of boomerang, a word that can refer to a curved tool or a backfire effect. Find out how boomerangs were invented and used in Australia, and see examples of boomerang sentences.
