A boomerang is a curved wooden throwing implement.

Boomerang may also refer to:

Aircraft

  • CAC Boomerang, an Australian-designed and built fighter aircraft in World War 2
  • Fisher Boomerang, a US-designed and built ultralight aircraft
  • Scaled Composites Boomerang, an unconventional twin engine aircraft designed by Burt Rutan
  • Schneider ES-60 Boomerang, an Australian-designed and built glider
  • Whitney Boomerang, an Australian-designed and built training aircraft
  • Boomerang, a de Havilland DH.88 Comet aircraft

Entertainment

Comics

  • Boomerang (character), a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Captain Boomerang, a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of the Flash

Films

  • The Boomerang (1919 film), an American drama directed by Bertram Bracken
  • The Boomerang (1925 film), an American comedy drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier
  • Boomerang (1934 film), a British drama directed by Arthur Maude
  • Boomerang! (1947 film), by Elia Kazan
  • Boomerang (1966 film), about Polish-German love after World War II (also known as Bumerang), starring Tony Ferrer
  • Boomerang (1976 film), a French-Italian crime film
  • Boomerang (1992 film), starring Eddie Murphy
  • Boomerang (2001 film), a Serbian film
  • Boomerang (2015 film), a French film
  • Boomerang (2019 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
  • Boomerang (2023 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film
  • Boomerang (2024 Indian film), an Indian Bengali-language film
  • Boomerang (2024 German-Iranian film), a German-Iranian film

Television

  • Boomerang (Australian TV program), a 1961–1962 Australian television discussion program broadcast on GTV-9 in Melbourne
  • Boomerang (TV network), a TV channel operated by Cartoon Network with various international versions:
  • Boomerang (Asian TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Australian TV channel)
  • Boomerang (British and Irish TV channel)
  • Boomerang (Canadian TV channel)
  • Boomerang (Central and Eastern Europe TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (German TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Italian TV channel)
  • Boomerang (Latin American TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Middle East and Africa TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Portuguese TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Scandinavian TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (South Korean TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Spanish TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (Turkish TV channel), former TV channel
  • Boomerang (American TV series), an American comedy television series from BET
  • Boomerang, a Seattle-area kids' TV show hosted by Marni Nixon
  • "Boomerang", an episode from Peppa Pig

Other

  • The Boomerang (1887–1892), newspaper in Brisbane, Australia
  • Boomerang (1894), weekly magazine published in Melbourne by Edward Findley
  • Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, a 2011 nonfiction book by Michael Lewis
  • Boomerang! (audio magazine), an audio magazine for kids
  • Boomerang, an arcade game also known as Ikki
  • Laramie Boomerang, a daily newspaper in Laramie, Wyoming
  • "Boomerang Songster" marketed in Australia by J. Albert & Son

Music

Albums

  • Boomerang (Betty Boo album), 2022
  • Boomerang (The Creatures album), 1989
  • Boomerang (Daara J album), 2003
  • Boomerang (Hanson album), 2005
  • Boomerang (Mad at the World album), 1991
  • Boomerang (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1992 film
  • Boomerang (Stacey Q album), 1997

Songs

  • "Boomerang" (Barenaked Ladies song), 2013
  • "Boomerang" (Lali Espósito song), 2016
  • "Boomerang" (DJ Felli Fel song), 2011
  • "Boomerang" (The Grace song), 2006
  • "Boomerang" (Nicole Scherzinger song), 2013
  • "Boomerang" (JoJo Siwa song), 2016
  • "Boomerang" (Wanna One song), 2018
  • "Boomerang" (Romeo Santos song), 2023
  • "Boomerang", by Big Pun from Capital Punishment
  • "Boomerang", by Exo from The War: The Power of Music
  • "Boomerang", by Imagine Dragons from Origins
  • "Boomerang", by Jana Kramer from Thirty One
  • "Boomerang", by Kiss from Hot in the Shade
  • "Boomerang", by Kix from Blow My Fuse
  • "Boomerang", by Plain White T's from Wonders of the Younger
  • "Boomerang", by Pigeon John in collaboration with 20syl
  • "Boomerang", by Relient K from Collapsible Lung
  • "Boomerang", a single by Kim Petras

Science

  • BOOMERanG experiment, a sub-orbital experiment which studied the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation
  • Boomerang (Spacecraft)
  • Boomerang Nebula, a nebula in Centaurus

Ships

  • HMS Boomerang (1889)
  • Boomerang (schooner), an operational 1903 schooner, part of the Sydney Heritage Fleet

Roller coasters

  • Boomerang (roller coaster), a common design with over 50 installations throughout the world, including:
  • Boomerang (Six Flags México)
  • Boomerang (Six Flags St. Louis)
  • Boomerang (Worlds of Fun)

Technology

  • Boomerang (countermeasure), a gunfire locator
  • Boomerang (programming language)
  • Boomerang, an Instagram app
  • Maserati Boomerang, an automobile
  • A controller for the PlayStation 3 games console

Other uses

  • Boomerang (cocktail), made with rye whiskey and Swedish Punsch
  • Boomerang (horse) (1966–1983), show jumping horse
  • Boomerang Generation
  • Boomarang Diner
  • Boomerang effect (psychology)
  • Imperial boomerang
  • Boomerang, Elizabeth Bay, historic house in Australia
  • "Boomerang harmonica" by Hohner, marketed in Australia by J. Albert & Son
  • The Boomerang, a weekly Australian newspaper published from 1887 to 1892
  • Boomerang Festival, part of Byron Bay Bluesfest, an Australian music festival
  • Color magazine (lighting), also called a boomerang, used to change the colors of a spotlight
  • Flying Boomerangs, an Australian rules football team
  • Boomerang Range, a narrow mountain range on the western side of the Skelton Glacier and Skelton Névé, Antarctica

See also

  • Flying wing, a boomerang-shaped aircraft
  • VPK-7829 Bumerang, a Russian Army armoured personnel carrier