boomerang

1. 1.

   return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

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Other forms of boomerang

plural

boomerangs·

past tense

boomeranged·

present participle

boomeranging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about boomerang

What does boomerang mean?

boomerang means "a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boomerang?

boomerang has 3 syllables: boo-me-rang. The stress falls on "boo". In IPA it is /ˈbumɚˌæŋ/.

What is another word for boomerang?

Close synonyms include throwing stick, throw stick, backfire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boomerang a common word?

boomerang is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with boomerang?

3 words rhyme with boomerang. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.