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boomerang

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1. boomerang - Noun

2. boomerang - Verb

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A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.

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A color-coded image of the Boomerang Nebula, as taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Source: Internet

A boomerang school, William Street, Kings Cross, Sydney Most sport boomerangs are in the range of about convert. Source: Internet

A hunting boomerang is delicately balanced and much harder to make than a returning one. Source: Internet

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A returning boomerang has two or more airfoil wings arranged so that the spinning creates unbalanced aerodynamic forces that curve its path so that it travels in an elliptical path and returns to its point of origin when thrown correctly. Source: Internet

A Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield (1920). Source: Internet

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