- a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by Australian Aboriginal peoples as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- something, as a scheme or argument, that does injury to the originator.
- Theater.
- a mobile platform, adjustable to different levels, for painting scenery.
- a batten, usually suspended vertically in the wings, for holding lighting units.
- to come back or return, as a boomerang.
- to cause harm to the originator; backfire.
- coming back, returning, or backfiring: the boomerang consequences of his lies.
- of or noting a person who returns to their parents’ home or to a previous job after a period of living or working elsewhere: a boomerang kid;boomerang employees.
- a curved flat wooden missile of native Australians, which can be made to return to the thrower
- an action or statement that recoils on its originator
- to recoil or return unexpectedly, causing harm to its originator; backfire
