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THROWING STICK
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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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("throwing stick" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
