American English pronunciation
How to pronounce boomerang
IPA transcription: ['bumɚ,æŋ]
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Noun
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a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
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a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Verb
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return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang
Usage examples
- Rage Against the Machine quoted the slogan in their song "Year of tha Boomerang".
- Her grandpa bought her a new boomerang when he last visited.
- The series airs reruns on Cartoon Network's classics channel Boomerang.
- Felix, please show me how to correctly throw a boomerang.
- Her grandpa bought her a new boomerang when he last visited.
- Her grandpa bought her a new boomerang when he last visited.
- Her grandpa bought her a new boomerang when he last visited.
- Felix, please show me how to correctly throw a boomerang.
- Returning boomerangs fly and are examples of the earliest heavier-than-air man-made flight.
- Her grandpa bought her a new boomerang when he last visited.