THROWING STICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throwing stick mean? 

• THROWING STICK (noun)
  The noun THROWING STICK has 2 senses:

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

2. a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower

  Familiarity information: THROWING STICK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROWING STICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dart thrower; spear thrower; throwing board; throwing stick

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

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boomerang; throw stick; throwing stick

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)