Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 5 compound words that contain boomerang. The most common are listed below. Open boomerang in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- boomerang effectA strong opposing response caused by attempts to restrict a person's freedom or change their attitudes.
- boomerang childSynonym of boomerang kid (“a young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence”).
- boomerang kidA young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
- Boomerang BeachA locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- boomerang babySynonym of boomerang kid: A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
- boomerang childrenplural of boomerang child: Synonym of boomerang kid (“a young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence”).
- imperial boomerangA phenomenon in colonizing countries where techniques of control and repression developed for use against the colonized are later used against the citizens of the colonizing country itself.
- boomerang dysplasiaA lethal osteochondrodysplasia in which the bones of the arms and legs are congenitally malformed into the shape of a boomerang.
- boomerang babiesplural of boomerang baby: A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
- boomerang effectsplural of boomerang effect: A strong opposing response caused by attempts to restrict a person's freedom or change their attitudes.
- boomerang illusionSynonym of Jastrow illusion: An optical illusion in which two adjacent identical curved shapes appear to be of different sizes.
- boomerang kickA kick that sends the ball in a curved trajectory.
- boomerang kicksplural of boomerang kick: A kick that sends the ball in a curved trajectory.
- boomerang kidsplural of boomerang kid: A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
- boomerang pillowA pillow with a right-angled bend in the middle, resembling the shape of a traditional returning boomerang.
- boomerang pillowsplural of boomerang pillow: A pillow with a right-angled bend in the middle, resembling the shape of a traditional returning boomerang.
- hunting boomerangA heavy, non-returning Indigenous Australian boomerang, typically with one long arm bending into a short arm, used for hunting birds and large game like kangaroos.
- returning boomerangA specialised type of traditional boomerang with slightly asymmetrical arms, designed to fly in a curved, aerodynamic path and come back to the thrower when thrown correctly.
Compound words 5
- boomeraskTo ask someone a question, without really being interested in the answer, because the asker really just wanted to answer it themselves immediately after (and share an anecdote or story).
- bataranga bat-shaped sharp-edged boomeranglike missile weapon, primarily used by the fictional character Batman
- boomeranglikeResembling or characteristic of a boomerang.
- boomerangersplural of boomeranger: A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
- BoomerangianAn age from 504 to 501 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.