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Plural of boomerang

regular plural

The plural of boomerang is boomerangs.

Forms of boomerang

Singularboomerang /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/
Pluralboomerangs
Countablecountable

Boomerangs in a sentence

  • Most of them shot spinning disks, crosses, or small boomerangs of thin steel.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 43
  • However, the characteristic bananalike shape of most boomerangs has little to do with their ability to return.1973, Vernon Barger, Martin G Olsson, Classical mechanics: a modern perspective. From the entry bananalike
  • With its bold and ultramodern diagonal lines, bright signs, boomerangs, and cantilevered extensions, Googie was the look of the future.2012, Jenny Jones, The Big Lebowski, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry googie
  • After the growling the two men stood apart and hurled their boomerangs at each other, but these were easily fended off with the nulla-nullas.1977, Dick Roughsey, Moon and Rainbow: the autobiography of an Aboriginal, Rigby, page 37. From the entry nulla-nulla

Meaning of boomerang

  1. noun Any of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the returning boomerang).
  2. noun A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.
  3. noun A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on their hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.

Full definition of boomerang

Questions about the plural of boomerang

What is the plural of boomerang?
The plural of boomerang is boomerangs.
Is boomerang countable?
Boomerang is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boomerang (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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