broomstick

[ broom-stik, broom- ]

/ ˈbrumˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm- /

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noun

the long slender handle of a broom.

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Origin of broomstick

First recorded in 1675–85; broom + stick¹

Words nearby broomstick

broom board, broomcorn, Broomfield, broomrape, broomrape family, broomstick, broomstick skirt, broomy, Broonzy, bros., brose

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How to use broomstick in a sentence

If I were a witch, I told my daughter, I would have flown home on a broomstick — by myself.
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On Monday, they gave out 105,000 flowers, she said, less than the 240,000 of two years ago but up from 12,000 last year, when they used broomsticks to hand them out because of social distancing.
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A stick vacuum tends to bear a passing resemblance to a broomstick.
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Stick vacuums get their name from the fact that they look a little like a broomstick.
Best vacuum cleaner: How to tidy up fast|Charlotte Marcus|January 14, 2021|Popular-Science

Pause for a few seconds, then tuck up again, pass the broomstick back over your feet, and reverse the movement to the starting position.
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Grab a broomstick, spray paint that gray, and attach it to the bouncy ball.
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Other punishments would follow: the occasional whipping with an electric cord, a beating with a broomstick.
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Not an inappropriate night for the Chief Witch to fall off his broomstick and perish in a fierce firefight.
Salman Rushdie: Pakistan's Deadly Game|Salman Rushdie|May 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
With a bucket of water and a broomstick he beat out the fire, and went for a run to warm up.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
The largest and the least dirty white pocket-handkerchief they could find was immediately fastened on to the end of a broomstick.
Digby Heathcote|W.H.G. Kingston
“And you wrote back asking whether it was true, or whether I had jumped over the broomstick,” retorted Lizzie, with a laugh.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
But before the ghost could speak again, a gorgeous witch came prancing up, carrying a broomstick wound with red ribbons.
Marjorie's Busy Days|Carolyn Wells
When a Sark-foot wife gets on her broomstick, the dames of Allonby are ready to mount.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for broomstick

broomstick

/ (ˈbruːmˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm-) /

noun

the long handle of a broom

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broomstick

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