wand

noun

ˈwänd 

1

: 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

Examples of wand in a Sentence

The cashier used a wand to scan the bar code.

Recent Examples on the Web

This milk frother wand has a 13,000 rpm motor and 25 spiral rings for whisking milk into a creamy microfoam. —Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025

Its wands of purple flowers are pollinator magnets, and keep blooming from midsummer into fall. —Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025

Basically, any of its facial wand devices and its salmon sperm skincare line. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 25 Mar. 2025

Patients can also learn to perform self-trigger point release at home using their own fingers, a partner, a pelvic wand or vaginal dilators to help relax the internal muscles. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025

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

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing wand

• magic wand

Rhymes for wand

• awned
• blond
• blonde
• bond
• conned
• dawned
• donned
• fond
• frond
• gond
• maund
• pawned

Kids Definition

wand

noun

ˈwänd 

1

: a slender rod used in performing magic

2

: a light rod or tube