kiley
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9.9
- noun
- Australian
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kiley
- The hunter skillfully threw the kiley, watching as it curved back towards him.
Examples
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Native Australians traditionally used the kiley for hunting kangaroos in the outback.
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During the cultural festival, we learned how to throw a kiley and its significance in Aboriginal hunting practices.
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Richard Kiley was saying, "Notice, first of all, the remarkable plant life that surrounds you."
Fiction book (1990) -
Veronica Kiley's parents are on their way here.
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Actor Richard Kiley.
Blog text (12) -
You are now entering the lost world of the prehistoric past, a world of mighty creatures long gone from the face of the earth, which you are privileged to see for the first time. "That's Richard Kiley," Ed Regis said.
Fiction book (1990) -
KILEY:
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After not even a year of off-off-off-Broadway dishwashing and table waiting, he managed to get himself into the Broadway production of another Cole Porter musical revival, The Nymph Errant, with such top stars as Carole Channing and Robert Kiley.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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3.7
A curved flat piece of wood that returns when thrown correctly
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9.9
A long boomerang from Australia used for hunting animals at a distance
A curved wooden tool that comes back to the thrower when thrown correctly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kiley comes from an Aboriginal Australian word often written kylie, which meant a 'hunting stick' thrown by hand. That's why a kiley is the curved boomerang with one flat side and one rounded side used for hunting.