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boo·mer·ang
(bo͞o′mə-răng′)n.
1. A flat, curved, usually wooden missile configured so that when hurled it returns to the thrower.
2. A statement or course of action that backfires.
intr.v. boo·mer·anged, boo·mer·ang·ing, boo·mer·angs
To have the opposite effect from the one intended; backfire.
[Dharuk bumariny.]
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boomerang
(ˈbuːməˌræŋ)n
1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a curved flat wooden missile of native Australians, which can be made to return to the thrower
2. an action or statement that recoils on its originator
vb
(intr) to recoil or return unexpectedly, causing harm to its originator; backfire
[C19: from a native Australian language]
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boo•mer•ang
(ˈbu məˌræŋ)n.
1. 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. something, as a scheme or argument, that does injury to the originator.
v.i. 3. to come back or return, as a boomerang.
4. to cause harm to the originator; backfire.
[1820–30; < Dharuk būmariny]
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boomerang
Past participle: boomeranged
Gerund: boomeranging
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Noun | 1. | boomerang - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower projectile, missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony |
2. | boomerang - a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | |
Verb | 1. | boomerang - return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
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boomerang
verb rebound, backfire, come home to roost The trick boomeranged, though.
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boomerang
verbTo produce an unexpected and undesired result:
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Translations
bumerang
boomerang
bumerangi
bumeráng
bumerang
bjúgverpill, búmerang
boomerangbumerangritorcersi
ブーメラン
bumerangas
bumerangs
bumerang
bumerang
bumerang
bumerang
boomerang
[ˈbuːməræŋ]A. N → bumerang m
B. ADJ → contraproducente, contrario a lo que se esperaba
C. VI (fig) (= backfire) → resultar contraproducente, tener el efecto contraproducente al buscado (on para) it boomeranged on him → le salió el tiro por la culata
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boomerang
vi (fig inf, words, actions) → wie ein Bumerang zurückkommen (on zu)
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boomerang
(ˈbuːməraŋ) noun a curved piece of wood used by Australian aborigines which, when thrown, returns to the thrower.
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