Clues for the word "BOOMERANG"
We've had 19 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 16 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph crossword on October 31, 2024.
Definition of boomerang
- n. - 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.
Referring Clues
- Backfire
- Down under toy
- Aussie missile
- *Toy that's thrown
- Aboriginal missile
- Aboriginal instrument
- Loudly disapprove of sugary confection that may come back on you
- Successful time, say, managed to get in to make a comeback
- The missile to backfire?
- Embargo on developing a missile
- Embargo on ballistic missile
- Recoil in anger, struggling after prosperous period
- Curved plat piece of wood
- One making a comeback?
- Throwaway toy?
- It's a revolver, this weapon
- Come back around
- Instagram video that, aptly, plays forward and backward
- Aussie weapon
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 31, 2024
- USA Today - June 30, 2023
- Mirror Quick - October 05, 2017
- Netword - August 03, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 28, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - February 26, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - November 10, 2014
- Guardian Everyman - April 27, 2014
- Guardian Everyman - September 16, 2012
- Guardian Everyman - October 02, 2011
- New York Times - October 25, 2010
- New York Times - June 16, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - July 15, 2005
- Netword - June 16, 2005
- New York Times - September 14, 1998
- New York Times - April 04, 1997