boomerang
US
UK boomerang n: (stick: returns)
SC 回力镖 huí lì biāo
TC 回力鏢
TC 回力鏢
SC 飞去来器 huí lì biāo，fēi qù lái qì
If you throw the boomerang correctly, it will come back to you.
boomerang vi: (recoil, come back)
SC 返回, 反冲
boomerang vi: US, figurative (backfire: on [sb])
SC 自食其果, 反受其害
Ian called the police, pretending to have committed a crime, but the prank boomeranged when they showed up to arrest him.
boomerang on [sb] vi: US, figurative (backfire on)
SC 自食其果, 反受其害
Jessica made one silly mistake and her plan boomeranged on her.