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wand.

A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/wɒnd/Received-Pronunciation/wɑnd/General-American/wɔnd/Australia, Scotland

  1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

  2. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).

  3. An instrument shaped like a wand.

    broadly
    curling wand

  4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.

  5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

  6. A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.

    UK · figuratively · informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

verb/wɒnd/Received-Pronunciation/wɑnd/General-American/wɔnd/Australia, Scotland

  1. To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.

    transitive

  2. To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

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