ALL meanings of boomerang
boo·mer·ang
B b - countable noun 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. 3
- verb boomerang If a plan boomerangs, its result is not the one that was intended and is harmful to the person who made the plan. 3
- noun boomerang a curved flat wooden missile of native Australians, which can be made to return to the thrower 3
- noun boomerang an action or statement that recoils on its originator 3
- verb boomerang to recoil or return unexpectedly, causing harm to its originator; backfire 3
- noun boomerang 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 3
- noun boomerang something that goes contrary to expectations and results in disadvantage or harm to the person doing or saying it 3
- intransitive verb boomerang to act as a boomerang; result in harm to the originator 3
- noun 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. 1
- noun boomerang something, as a scheme or argument, that does injury to the originator. 1
- noun boomerang Theater. a mobile platform, adjustable to different levels, for painting scenery. a batten, usually suspended vertically in the wings, for holding lighting units. 1
- verb without object boomerang to come back or return, as a boomerang. 1
- verb without object boomerang to cause harm to the originator; backfire. 1
- noun boomerang curved stick that returns to thrower 1
- intransitive verb boomerang recoil, come back 1
- intransitive verb boomerang backfire: on sb 1
- noun boomerang A flat curved airfoil, that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, that was originally used in various parts of the world as hunting weapons or, in returnable types, for sports or training. 0
- verb boomerang To return to the starting point. 0
- verb boomerang To travel in a curved path. 0
- verb boomerang To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire. 0