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boomerang

traditional V-shaped model

boo·mer·ang

(bo͞o′mə-răng′)

1. A flat, curved, usually wooden missile configured so that when hurled it returns to the thrower.

2. A statement or course of action that backfires.

intr.v. boo·mer·anged, boo·mer·ang·ing, boo·mer·angs

To have the opposite effect from the one intended; backfire.

[Dharuk bumarin^y.]

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boomerang

(ˈbuːməˌræŋ)

1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a curved flat wooden missile of native Australians, which can be made to return to the thrower

2. an action or statement that recoils on its originator

(intr) to recoil or return unexpectedly, causing harm to its originator; backfire

[C19: from a native Australian language]

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boo•mer•ang

(ˈbu məˌræŋ)
n.

1. a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.

2. something, as a scheme or argument, that does injury to the originator.

v.i.

3. to come back or return, as a boomerang.

4. to cause harm to the originator; backfire.

[1820–30; < Dharuk būmarin^y]

boomerang

Past participle: boomeranged
Gerund: boomeranging

Imperative
boomerang
boomerang

Present
I boomerang
you boomerang
he/she/it boomerangs
we boomerang
you boomerang
they boomerang

Preterite
I boomeranged
you boomeranged
he/she/it boomeranged
we boomeranged
you boomeranged
they boomeranged

Present Continuous
I am boomeranging
you are boomeranging
he/she/it is boomeranging
we are boomeranging
you are boomeranging
they are boomeranging

Present Perfect
I have boomeranged
you have boomeranged
he/she/it has boomeranged
we have boomeranged
you have boomeranged
they have boomeranged

Past Continuous
I was boomeranging
you were boomeranging
he/she/it was boomeranging
we were boomeranging
you were boomeranging
they were boomeranging

Past Perfect
I had boomeranged
you had boomeranged
he/she/it had boomeranged
we had boomeranged
you had boomeranged
they had boomeranged

Future
I will boomerang
you will boomerang
he/she/it will boomerang
we will boomerang
you will boomerang
they will boomerang

Future Perfect
I will have boomeranged
you will have boomeranged
he/she/it will have boomeranged
we will have boomeranged
you will have boomeranged
they will have boomeranged

Future Continuous
I will be boomeranging
you will be boomeranging
he/she/it will be boomeranging
we will be boomeranging
you will be boomeranging
they will be boomeranging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been boomeranging
you have been boomeranging
he/she/it has been boomeranging
we have been boomeranging
you have been boomeranging
they have been boomeranging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been boomeranging
you will have been boomeranging
he/she/it will have been boomeranging
we will have been boomeranging
you will have been boomeranging
they will have been boomeranging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been boomeranging
you had been boomeranging
he/she/it had been boomeranging
we had been boomeranging
you had been boomeranging
they had been boomeranging

Conditional
I would boomerang
you would boomerang
he/she/it would boomerang
we would boomerang
you would boomerang
they would boomerang

Past Conditional
I would have boomeranged
you would have boomeranged
he/she/it would have boomeranged
we would have boomeranged
you would have boomeranged
they would have boomeranged

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Noun	1.	boomerang - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower throw stick, throwing stick kiley, kylie - an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex projectile, missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
	2.	boomerang - a miscalculation that recoils on its maker backfire miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning - a mistake in calculating
Verb	1.	boomerang - return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

boomerang

verb rebound, backfire, come home to roost The trick boomeranged, though.

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boomerang

verb

To produce an unexpected and undesired result:

backfire.

Translations

bumerang

boomerang

Bumerang

μπούμερανγκ

bumerangi

boomerang

bumeráng

bumerang

bjúgverpill, búmerang

boomerangbumerangritorcersi

ブーメラン

bumerangas

bumerangs

bumerang

bumerang

бумеранг

bumerang

回飞镖

boomerang

[ˈbuːməræŋ]

A. N → bumerang m

B. ADJ → contraproducente, contrario a lo que se esperaba

C. VI (fig) (= backfire) → resultar contraproducente, tener el efecto contraproducente al buscado (on para) it boomeranged on him → le salió el tiro por la culata

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

boomerang

[ˈbuːməræŋ]

n → boomerang m

vi [action] → faire boomerang
to boomerang on sth → retomber sur qchboom town n → ville f en plein expansion

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boomerang

n (lit, fig) → Bumerang m; to have a boomerang effect → einen Bumerangeffekt haben

vi (fig inf, words, actions) → wie ein Bumerang zurückkommen (on zu)

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boomerang

[ˈbuːməræŋ]

1. n → boomerang m inv

2. vi (fig) → avere effetto contrario
to boomerang on sb → ritorcersi contro qn

boomerang

(ˈbuːməraŋ) noun

a curved piece of wood used by Australian aborigines which, when thrown, returns to the thrower.

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Besides Tom and his father, the Swift household was made up of Eradicate Sampson, a colored man-of-all-work, who, with his mule Boomerang, did what he could to keep the grounds around the house in order.

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Arthur laughed at the remembrance of the boomerang story, but then looked grave again, and said, "He'll convert all the island, I know."

He'll improve their boomerangs, and be able to throw them too, without having old Thomas sent after him by the Doctor to take them away."

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The Australian, in the simplicity of the arts of life, comes nearest the Fuegian: he can, however, boast of his boomerang, his spear and throwing-stick, his method of climbing trees, of tracking animals, and of hunting.

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And there is only one kind of club that can be thrown out of a window, turn in mid-air and come back to the window next to it: the Australian boomerang. You'll see some of them in the Major's study."

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In the centre of the mantel was a stuffed bird-of-paradise, while about the room were scattered gorgeous shells from the southern seas, delicate sprays of coral sprouting from barnacled pi-pi shells and cased in glass, assegais from South Africa, stone axes from New Guinea, huge Alaskan tobacco-pouches beaded with heraldic totem designs, a boomerang from Australia, divers ships in glass bottles, a cannibal kai-kai bowl from the Marquesas, and fragile cabinets from China and the Indies and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and precious woods.

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The casting call reads: "Boomerang Television Productions are looking for families across Berkshire to appear on a brand new holiday show for a leading UK broadcaster.

Berkshire families on holiday are wanted for new BBC show; Boomerang Television Productions plan to air the show on a leading broadcaster

Boomerang Commerce was founded in 2012 by Guru Hariharan, an Amazon and eBay veteran, and is based in Mountain View, CA with offices in Seattle, Chicago and Bangalore.

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'Boomerang' is about their journey and the hurdles they encounter, said Kannan, who believes that films hold up a mirror to society.

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The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group marine biologist Dr Simon Berrow said: "Boomerang keeps coming back, that's where he got his name.

Whale, well, guess who's back

Duterte also shared the moment when he created a Boomerang and accidentally sent it to everyone who was in his phone book.

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While much has been said on the mutual benefits that boomerang employees offer, it's not a given that all of them will prove a great catch.

Back again? The rise of the boomerang employee

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