boomerang

Noun
  1. A curved piece of wood;
    When properly thrown will return to thrower (synset 102875324)
    domain region: 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
    is a type of: missile, projectile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
    subtypes: kiley, kylie - an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
    same as: throw stick, throwing stick
  2. A miscalculation that recoils on its maker (synset 100073852)
    is a type of: miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning - a mistake in calculating
    same as: backfire
Verb
  1. Return to the initial position from where it came;
    Like a boomerang (synset 202009792)
    is a type of: return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

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