Synonyms of the word

boomerang

• n. A flat curved airfoil, that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, that was originally…
• n. A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on his or her hands while keeping the legs raised off…
• v. To return to the starting point.
• v. To travel in a curved path.
• v. To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire.

backfire

• v. (of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction…
• v. (of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping…
• v. To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
• n. (firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire.
• n. A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke,…
• n. An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.

miscalculation

• n. An incorrect or mistaken calculation.

misestimation

• n. inaccurate estimation.

misreckoning

• v. present participle of misreckon.
• n. A false reckoning; a miscalculation.

missile

• n. Any object used as a weapon to hit the enemy or prey through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
• n. (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.

projectile

• n. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
• n. (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.
• adj. Projecting or impelling forward.
• adj. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

return

• v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
• v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
• v. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
• v. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
• v. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
• v. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
• v. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
• v. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
• v. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in…
• v. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
• v. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
• v. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
• n. The act of returning.
• n. A return ticket.
• n. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
• n. An answer.
• n. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc…
• n. Gain or loss from an investment.
• n. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax…
• n. (computing) A carriage return character.
• n. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
• n. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
• n. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
• n. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
• n. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
• n. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building,…