1. A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
   "The Aboriginal hunter demonstrated how to use a boomerang";
   - throwing stick, throw stick
    
2. An action or plan that has an unintended negative effect on the person who initiated it
   "The smear campaign became a boomerang when voters sympathized with his rival";
   - backfire

1. Return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang
   "His insult boomeranged and made him look foolish"

Derived forms: boomerangs, boomeranging, boomeranged

Type of: miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, missile, projectile, return

Encyclopedia: Boomerang, Elizabeth Bay