Boomerang

Definitions

1. Any of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the returning boomerang).
2. A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.
3. A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on their hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.
4. A boomerang kick.
5. A device for changing the color of a followspot.
6. The early return of an aircraft whose mission was aborted, often due to technical failures.
7. A cocktail made with rye whiskey and Swedish punsch.

Equivalents

24 more languages

العربيةالحلقةبُومَرَانْغعُرْجُد

Češtinabumerang

Danskboomerang

Ελληνικάμπούμερανγκ

Esperantobumerango

Suomibumerangi

עבריתבומרנג

Magyarbumeráng

Հայերենբումերանգ

Bahasa Indonesiabumerang

Italianoboomerangbumerang

日本語ブーメラン

ქართულიბუმერანგი

한국어부메랑

Nederlandsboemerang

Polskibumerang

Portuguêsboomerangbumerangue

Românăbumerang

Русскийбумеранг

Slovenčinabumerang

Shqipbumerang

Svenskabumerang

Tagaloghaliryo

Türkçebumerang

Examples

“Some resemblance to terrestrial things, it is true, everyone can behold in the heavens. Corona, for example, is like⟳ a crown, or, as the Australian black fellows know⟳, it is like⟳ a boomerang, and we can understand⟳ why they give⟳ it the name⟳ of that curious curved missile.”

“With boomerang and spear they hunted the kangaroo and emu, and fought their battles beneath the eucalyptus forests; their minds, fresh, untroubled, contented, oblivious alike of noble ideals and philosophic principles.”

“Before long, however, these pike-like devices were mostly superseded by spring-operated guns of various types. Most of them shot spinning disks, crosses, or small boomerangs of thin steel.”

“1961, Charlie Drake, song, My Boomerang Won't Come⟳ Back, "Don't worry⟳, boy, I know⟳ the trick⟳, / And to you I'm gonna show⟳ it. / If you want⟳ your boomerang to come⟳ back, / Well first you've got to... throw⟳ it."”

“Roll: A live⟳ action changing from one color to another. Typically requires dexterity to "crossfade" between two colors in the boomerang with one hand while following with the other.”

“If you are spot one you should push⟳ down on the first lever on the boomerang to load⟳ frame one. Spot two should do the same with frame five. On the go, both spot ops should run⟳ their dowser levers to bring⟳ the light⟳ up on the target⟳ specified by the cue caller.”

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:boomerang.”

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