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: a slender staff carried in a procession : verge
2
: a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians
3
: a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery
also : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face
4
: any of various pipelike devices
especially : the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner
5
: a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer

Example Sentences

The cashier used a wand to scan the bar code.
Recent Examples on the Web Their pushback appears to have been based on the nonsensical argument that the president has a magic wand of automatic declassification authority. Norman Eisen And Shan Wu, CNN, 27 Aug. 2022 Slowly lift the wand towards the top of the milk, then out of the glass. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022 However, be careful not to get stuck in the mindset that other business owners and CEOs have the magic wand. Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 Brevard does not have a magic wand to get the program turned around immediately. Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2022 Embracing your natural curls (or adding them via a curling wand) adds, dimension, movement, and a whole ton of personality to the chop. Bianca London, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2022 Keaton uses a long wand to suction saliva pooling in his dad’s mouth. Tom Murphy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022 That’s because the LG CordZero A939KBGS has a telescoping wand that retracts to the shortest position when stowed. Maren Estrada, BGR, 27 July 2022 Non-electric bidet attachments simply divert water headed for your toilet tank and release it through a bidet wand. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, slender stick, from Old Norse vǫndr; probably akin to Old English windan to wind, twist — more at wind entry 3

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wand was in the 13th century

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