weet-weet
/ˈwiːtwiːt
/noun Australian
An Aboriginal throwing weapon consisting of a flexible handle with a wooden or bone knob at the end: he was astounded by their skill in throwing the boomerang and the weet-weet...
- Before I saw Australia I had never heard of the weet-weet at all.
- The distance to which the weet-weet can be thrown is truly astonishing.
- He instanced their invention of the boomerang and the weet-weet as evidences of their brightness.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Wuywurung (an Aboriginal language) wij-wij.
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