kiley

[ kahy-lee ]

/ ˈkaɪ li /

kylie.

Words nearby kiley

kikwit, kil., kilauea, kildare, kilderkin, kiley, kilgore, kilij, kilim, kilimanjaro, kilkenny

kylie

[ kahy-lee ]

/ ˈkaɪ li /

boomerang.

First recorded in 1830–40, kylie is from the Nyungar word karli

The Kiley has always informed my music—particularly my solo stuff, because I had a rock band.

Jenny Lewis on 'The Voyager,' the End of Rilo Kiley, and High School Classmate Angelina Jolie |Marlow Stern |August 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Before Kiley was born, they did not realize they were both silent carriers of the gene that causes the condition.

‘Designer’ Babies Are Only for the Rich |Jean Twenge |July 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He looked beyond all this to the long drab-coloured stretch of road that led to Kiley's, watching for the mailboy's arrival.

An Outback Marriage |Andrew Barton Paterson
Perhaps as fine a sight as can be seen in the whole circle of native sports is the killing cockatoos with the kiley, or boomerang.

Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2) |George Grey

They had no weapon, save one kiley or boomerang, and bowed down until they almost kissed the water.

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. |J Lort Stokes
He went out and found in the yard one of the telegraph operators from Kiley's, on a smoking horse.

An Outback Marriage |Andrew Barton Paterson
One of them had a kiley, or boomerang, and each carried a rude hatchet of stone.

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. |J Lort Stokes

kiley

/ (ˈkaɪlɪ) /

a variant spelling of kylie

kylie

/ (ˈkaɪlɪ) /

Australian a boomerang that is flat on one side and convex on the other

C19: from a native Australian language