boomerang

7 3.7

A curved flat piece of wood that returns when thrown correctly

: búmeran

Once a weapon of aborigines, the boomerangs of today are engineered and made of advanced materials.

Aerobie Pro, I got this same Aerobie boomerang that you can use.

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Examples

Since the Bailey MTA was first thrown, many boomerang manufacturers have made their own versions of it.

Academic text (1993)
Bailey exports 80 percent of his boomerangs to enthusiasts around the world, selling the largest share to Japan.

Academic text (1993)
And direct from Australia, the boomerang bow tie!

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
The Turtle hit him with one of his boomerangs.

The Wizard (1989)
While the clerk was busy on the telephone, Bailey noticed that the counter was covered with boomerangs.

Academic text (1993)
In 1984, the world record for a boomerang hovering aloft was 50.60 seconds.

Academic text (1993)
During night competitions, boomerangs with small electric lights or attached cyalume lights are hurled, he said.

Academic text (1993)
There was a whooshing noise, then a loud bonk as a boomerang struck the enraged dragon on the snout.

Fiction book (2002)
A Swedish inventor named Jonas Romblad designed an MTA composite boomerang made of Kevlar, styrofoam beads, and epoxies.

Academic text (1993)
The child threw the boomerang with great skill, watching it return to him in a graceful arc.

kylie

vsboomerang

3 9.9

A long boomerang from Australia used for hunting animals at a distance

is a curved returning implement used beyond the Australian tradition

kiley

vsboomerang

3 9.9

A boomerang with one flat and one rounded side that people throw to hunt

is the general returning curved implement used beyond the Australian cultural form

throw stick

vsboomerang

8.2

A curved stick that comes back to the thrower when thrown correctly

is tied to Indigenous Australian origin used for hunting and sport

throwing stick

vsboomerang

8.4

A curved wooden tool that comes back to the thrower when thrown correctly

is the actual traditional Australian hunting implement rather than an associated item

boomerang

7 3.7

throw stick

8.2

stick

686 1.0

stone

976 1.0

boomerang singular

boomerangs plural

Boomerang comes from an Australian Aboriginal word for a curved throwing stick that 'returns' to the thrower and was used for hunting and sport.