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wand

[ wond ]

noun

  1. a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
  2. a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one's office or authority.
  3. a slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree.
  4. a small applicator for cosmetics, usually having a brush at the tip:

    She applied the mascara with a wand.

  5. U.S. Archery. a slat 6 feet (183 centimeters) by 2 inches (5 centimeters) placed at a distance of 100 yards (91 meters) for men and 60 yards (55 meters) for women, and used as a target.
  6. Also called wand reader. an electronic device, in the form of a handheld rod, that can optically read coded data, as on a merchandise label or tag or the page of a book.


wand

/ wɒnd /

noun

  1. a slender supple stick or twig
  2. a thin rod carried as a symbol of authority
  3. a rod used by a magician, water diviner, etc
  4. informal.
    a conductor's baton
  5. archery a marker used to show the distance at which the archer stands from the target
  6. a hand-held electronic device, such as a light pen or bar-code reader, which is pointed at or passed over an item to read the data stored there
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈwandˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • wandlike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wand1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Old Norse vǫndr; cognate with Gothic wandus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wand1

C12: from Old Norse vōndr; related to Gothic wandus and English wend
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Example Sentences

Ms Phillipson said: "I recognise the pressures that this is placing on councils" but "there is no magic wand - we cannot fix this overnight".

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"But he doesn't have the magic wand that I need."

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They sang “Camp Rock” songs during karaoke and used pretend wands to trace an iconic logo of mouse ears in the air.

"If Kamala Harris waves a wand, illegally, and says these people are now here legally, I'm still going to call them illegal aliens," Vance asserted.

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This year, Moms for Liberty head Tiffany Justice said she hopes "to hear some more plans" regarding this, because "it’s a little more complicated than just waving a magic wand and making it go away."

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