boomerang /booˈmə-rang/

1. A curved missile used by the Australian Aborigines, sometimes so balanced that it returns towards the thrower
2. An act that recoils upon the agent

To recoil in such a way, backfire

• cast one's bread upon the waters
• cast one's mind back
• cast on someone's tail
• castor
• Castor
• castor action
• castor bean
• castor beans
• castoreum
• castoreums
• castories
• castor oil
• castor-oil plant
• castors
• castor sugar
• castory
• cast out
• castral
• castrametation
• castrametations
• castrate
• castrated
• castrates
• castrati
• castrating