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.
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The wand features long and short bristles, ideal for lashes with an uneven growth pattern, and dries down quickly for instant va-va-voom.
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Feb. 2025
In her book, The Race to be Myself, Semenya describes how, at 18 years old and at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, she was forced to strip naked, put her legs in stirrups and have a sonogram wand inserted inside her.
—Katie Whyatt, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Just pour some of your favorite milk into the frothing pitcher, submerge the wand, and hit the steam button.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Nearly every expectant mother who has seen the telltale line on a pregnancy test or who has searched the sonogram while the tech wands her belly knows the flash of worry: What if this little life doesn’t make it?
—Ericka Andersen, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Feb. 2025
In her book, The Race to be Myself, Semenya describes how, at 18 years old and at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, she was forced to strip naked, put her legs in stirrups and have a sonogram wand inserted inside her.
—Katie Whyatt, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
Just pour some of your favorite milk into the frothing pitcher, submerge the wand, and hit the steam button.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Nearly every expectant mother who has seen the telltale line on a pregnancy test or who has searched the sonogram while the tech wands her belly knows the flash of worry: What if this little life doesn’t make it?
—Ericka Andersen, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Wand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wand. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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wand
noun1
: a slender rod used in performing magic
2
: a light rod or tube
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