THROWING STICK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower

Synonyms:

boomerang; throw stick; throwing stick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("throwing stick" is a kind of...):

missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "throwing stick"):

kiley; kylie (an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear

Synonyms:

dart thrower; spear thrower; throwing board; throwing stick