wand

noun

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

   “Then all of a sudden a number of armed men arranged in companies, and marshalled by officers who held ivory wands in their hands, came running swiftly towards us, having, so far as I could make out, emerged from the face of the precipice like ants from their burrows.”

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

   “Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.”

3. (broadly)An instrument shaped like a wand.

   “curling wand”

   “Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening”

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

   “The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.”

   “In addition to the distinction of a white frock, every woman and girl carried in her right hand a peeled willow-wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers.”

5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
6. (UK, figuratively, informal)A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.

   “Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails.”

   “Shortly afterwards, Thomas lined up a corner and with his wand of a right foot, landed it on the head of Campbell to get Everton's second.”

   “Cresswell also had a wand of a left foot, which was a threat from open play and set-pieces – though his quality in the latter category wasn't used as often in 2015/16 due to Payet's presence.”

verb

1. (transitive)To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.
2. (transitive)To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).

name

1. A surname.