Boomerang

['buːməræŋ] or ['buməræŋ]

Definition

(noun.) a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower.

(verb.) return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang.

Checked by Jocelyn--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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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Definition

n. a hard-wood missile used by the natives of Australia shaped like the segment of a circle and so balanced that when thrown to a distance it returns towards the thrower.

Typed by Lloyd