Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boomerang
Participle: boomeranged
Gerund: boomeranging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boomerang |
| you | boomerang |
| he;she;it | boomerangs |
| we | boomerang |
| you | boomerang |
| they | boomerang |
Perfect
| I | have boomeranged |
| you | have boomeranged |
| he;she;it | has boomeranged |
| we | have boomeranged |
| you | have boomeranged |
| they | have boomeranged |
Past
| I | boomeranged |
| you | boomeranged |
| he;she;it | boomeranged |
| we | boomeranged |
| you | boomeranged |
| they | boomeranged |
Pluperfect
| I | had boomeranged |
| you | had boomeranged |
| he;she;it | had boomeranged |
| we | had boomeranged |
| you | had boomeranged |
| they | had boomeranged |
Future
| I | will boomerang |
| you | will boomerang |
| he;she;it | will boomerang |
| we | will boomerang |
| you | will boomerang |
| they | will boomerang |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boomeranged |
| you | will have boomeranged |
| he;she;it | will have boomeranged |
| we | will have boomeranged |
| you | will have boomeranged |
| they | will have boomeranged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boomerang |
| you | boomerang |
| he;she;it | boomerang |
| we | boomerang |
| you | boomerang |
| they | boomerang |
Perfect
| I | have boomeranged |
| you | have boomeranged |
| he;she;it | have boomeranged |
| we | have boomeranged |
| you | have boomeranged |
| they | have boomeranged |
Imperfect
| I | boomeranged |
| you | boomeranged |
| he;she;it | boomeranged |
| we | boomeranged |
| you | boomeranged |
| they | boomeranged |
Pluperfect
| I | had boomeranged |
| you | had boomeranged |
| he;she;it | had boomeranged |
| we | had boomeranged |
| you | had boomeranged |
| they | had boomeranged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boomerang |
| you | would boomerang |
| he;she;it | would boomerang |
| we | would boomerang |
| you | would boomerang |
| they | would boomerang |
Perfect
| I | would have boomeranged |
| you | would have boomeranged |
| he;she;it | would have boomeranged |
| we | would have boomeranged |
| you | would have boomeranged |
| they | would have boomeranged |
Imperative
| you | boomerang |
| we | Let's boomerang |
| you | boomerang |
Verbs conjugated like 'boomerang'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'boomerang'
bebang,
befang,
bemean,
blowbang,
bookend,
bowstring,
cooperate,
glomerate,
overgang,
overhang,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Possibly from Thurawal. Long regarded as from the Sydney language, but early evidence unclear. The form boo-mer-it is glossed, c.1790, as 'scimeter' (i.e., scimitar) and the word bumarang, bumarañ is not explicitly recorded in the Sydney Language until 1903.
Sample Sentences
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"Well, there must be some flaw about this," I suggested. "If your magnet is so strong as all that, you would have your own broadside boomeranging back upon you." [1882 March 7, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters:]
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"Oh," they yelled, "you could, eh? Well, let's see you do it, then! Let's see you do it! Let's see you do it! Now!" In a moment the crew of little spectators were gibing at Horace. The blow that would make Jimmie's humiliation complete! Instead, it had boomeranged Horace into the mud. [1899 November, “"Showin' Off"”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 99, number 594:]
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In the opening, Pawn-grabbing expeditions or premature mating attacks are apt to boomerang. [1949 October, I. A. Horowitz, “How to Win in the Opening”, in Chess Review:]
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Our future economic success depends on the economy growing faster than government spending. That's why raising taxes would boomerang. Economic growth would slow, revenues would decline, and the budget deficit would swell. [1985 February 2, Ronald Reagan, Presidential Radio Address:]
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He said that to the horse as it boomeranged off again and broke away through the scrub. [1894, Henry Lawson, “The Mystery of Dave Regan”, in Short Stories in Prose and Verse:]
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang.