boomerang
noun /ˈbuːməræŋ/
/ˈbuːməræŋ/
- a curved flat piece of wood that you throw and that can fly in a circle and come back to you. Boomerangs were first used by Australian Aborigines as weapons when they were hunting.
enlarge image- (figurative) The plan had a boomerang effect (= caused unexpected harm to the person responsible for it).
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Dharuk.
