boomerang
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boomerang
return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang -
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boomerang
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker -
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boomerang
a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
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Boomerang
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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boomerang
A missile weapon of war and the chase, used by the aborigines of Australia, consisting of a rather flat piece of hard wood bent or curved in its own plane, and from 16 inches to 2 feet long. Generally, but not always, it is flatter on one side than on the other. In some cases the curve from end to end is nearly an arc of a circle, in others it is rather an obtuse angle than a curve, and in a few examples there is a slight reverse curve toward each end. In the hands of a skilful thrower the boomerang can be projected to great distances, and can be made to ricochet almost at will; it can be thrown in a curved path, somewhat as a bowl can be “screwed” or “twisted,” and it can be made to return to the thrower, and strike the ground behind him. It is capable of inflicting serious wounds. -
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boomerang
Hence Figuratively, any plan, measure, or project the consequences of which recoil upon the projector, and are therefore the opposite of those intended or expected.
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Boomerang
bōōm′e-rang a hard-wood missile used by the natives of Australia, shaped like the segment of a circle, and so balanced that when thrown to a distance it returns towards the thrower.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Australian.
Boomerang Generation Data Is Wrong. kuer.org
" Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition" (Encore presentation.). kwgs.org
The boomerang business is booming. pbs.org
" Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition". kwgs.org
' Boomerang ' kids and insurance: ensuring many happy returns. foxbusiness.com
I'm Not Seeing a Boomerang . nytimes.com
Our 20-somethings are referred to as the Boomerang Generation, noted for their failure to launch. nytimes.com
Review of Michael Lewis's ' Boomerang : Travels in the New Third World. ashingtonpost.com
Boomerang , By Michael Lewis. forbes.com
Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition. publishersweekly.com
After a three-year licensing dispute over the Shoney's Inn brand name, Boomerang Hotels was given permission by the Tennessee appellate courts to go ahead with a relaunch of the iconic hotel brand. lodgingmagazine.com
Nearly 1 in 7 parents with grown children had a " boomerang kid" move back home last year, according to a new Pew Research Center report. csmonitor.com
One in 7 parents of adult child have had a " boomerang " child return to the home last year. csmonitor.com
" Boomerang " Bandit Targets Arizona Banks. ktsm.com
The " Boomerang " Bandit now has a new name: "Chameleon" Bandit. ktsm.com
In the meantime new Boomerang results have branded this problem as a non-existent one.
Report to Anaximander: A Dialogue on the Origin of the Cosmos in the Cradle of Western Civilization
There have been some tantalizing indications from the recently completed 2dF survey for an interesting feature at the interesting scale of around 100h−1Mpc, a feature that has also been claimed to be observable in the APM power spectrum and as well in the new CMB Boomerang and Maxima data at k ≈ 0.06 − 0.6.
Report to Anaximander: A Dialogue on the Origin of the Cosmos in the Cradle of Western Civilization
The SNe Ia results very nearly constrain Ωv − Ωm , whereas the results of CMB anisotropies (from the Boomerang 98 data) favor a flat model with Ωv + Ωm ≃ 1.
TASI Lectures on Dark Matter
One could then ’see’ the dark matter everywhere! Cosmic shear data are optimized when they are used together with other surveys, like Boomerang, CBI, DASI, WMAP of Planck CMB experiments, SNIa surveys, or galaxy surveys (2dF, SDSS).
Gravitational Lensing by Large Scale Structures: A Review
The BOOMERanG (Balloon Observations Of Millimetre Extragalactic Radiation and Geomagnetics; see Figure 9) experiment used a 1.2 m microwave telescope carried to an altitude of 38 km by balloon launched from the US coastal station McMurdo by a US/Italian team.
The History of Astrophysics in Antarctica
They saw Australian blacks clad with shields, long spears, and boomerangs, and nothing else. "From Pole to Pole" by
Pu'tc-ko-hu Boomerang hunting stick. "Eighth Annual Report" by
The "martyring," boomerang that it had proved, was over. "The Madigans" by
He had discovered the divine boomerang; his sin had found him out. "Eugenics and Other Evils" by
Oh, I don't believe in your boomerang pasts! "Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame" by
This was the famous "boomerang," so effective a weapon in the hands of the natives, so useless in that of Europeans. "Celebrated Travels and Travellers" by
And now the boomerang against which she was defending herself struck her from a most unexpected angle. "The Loyalist" by
Either a club such as savages use or something to throw like a boomerang. "Simon" by
It's bound to be a boomerang. "Baseball Joe Around the World" by
Stelton was the one man of the whole Bar T outfit who had suffered from the boomerang of his evil plans. "The Free Range" by
We never had a quarrel;
And, if a moral here doth hang,
Why let it hang—the moral!
And turn to their coverts for fear;
But he sits in the ashes and lets them pass
Where the boomerangs sleep with the spear -
With the nullah, the sling and the spear.
Was most forlonly out of it; for they are at it still.
The daily fight for fatted grubs excites the same old gang;
And debate is mainly waddy, and division boomerang.
But, 'fore I sails, I gits a billy doo
Which sez, "Give my love to the dear ole Sun,
An' take an exile's blessin' 'ome with you.
An' if you 'ave some boomerangs to spare, Save me a pair.
I tell 'er, out at Richmond, on me Run --
A little place uv ten square mile or so --
I'm breedin' boomerangs; which is reel fun,
When I ain't troubled by the wild Jonops That eats me crops.
Was inclined to lead to discord -- not to mention down-right crime.
For boomerangs and waddies were used freely in debate;
And, as a rule, ex-Ministers were spoken of as "late."