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noun | verb boomerangboomerang1 /ˈbuməˌræŋ/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYboomerang1Origin: 1700-1800 Dharuk a curved stick that flies in a circle and comes back to you when you throw it noun | verb boomerangboomerang2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEboomerang |
Present | I, you, we, they | boomerang | | he, she, it | boomerangs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | boomeranged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have boomeranged | | he, she, it | has boomeranged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had boomeranged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will boomerang | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have boomeranged |
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Present | I | am boomeranging | | he, she, it | is boomeranging | | you, we, they | are boomeranging | Past | I, he, she, it | was boomeranging | | you, we, they | were boomeranging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been boomeranging | | he, she, it | has been boomeranging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been boomeranging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be boomeranging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been boomeranging |
(also boomerang on somebody) if something that you do boomerangs, it has a bad effect on you that you did not want or expect: If your criticism is too severe, it can boomerang on you. |