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weet-weet

/ˈwiːtwiːt

noun Australian

An Aboriginal throwing weapon consisting of a flexible handle with a wooden or bone knob at the end: he was astounded by their skill in throwing the boomerang and the weet-weet...

Before I saw Australia I had never heard of the weet-weet at all.
The distance to which the weet-weet can be thrown is truly astonishing.
He instanced their invention of the boomerang and the weet-weet as evidences of their brightness.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Wuywurung (an Aboriginal language) wij-wij.

单词	weet-weet
释义	weet-weet /ˈwiːtwiːt / noun Australian An Aboriginal throwing weapon consisting of a flexible handle with a wooden or bone knob at the end: he was astounded by their skill in throwing the boomerang and the weet-weet... Before I saw Australia I had never heard of the weet-weet at all. The distance to which the weet-weet can be thrown is truly astonishing. He instanced their invention of the boomerang and the weet-weet as evidences of their brightness. Origin Late 19th century: from Wuywurung (an Aboriginal language) wij-wij.
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