broomstick
noun
, ˈbru̇m-\
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Grab your Windsweeper 5000 broomstick and get ready to fly to St. Helens, Oregon this October, because the Cromwell clan from Halloweentown is reuniting. — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, "The "Halloweentown" Cast is Reuniting in Halloweentown After Nearly 20 Years," 16 Aug. 2017 Hold on to your broomsticks because spooky season has officially arrived! — Sarah Grace Hart, Teen Vogue, "Freeform's "31 Nights of Halloween" Will Feature "Hocus Pocus," "The Addams Family," and More," 4 Sep. 2018 Fans also got to watch a video of her flying on a broomstick in front of a green screen. — Nicole Weaver, Teen Vogue, "Zendaya Celebrated Her 22nd Birthday With a "Harry Potter" Movie Studio Tour," 4 Sep. 2018 Washington Post reports that the employees hit them with broomsticks and threw acetone at them. — Kristin Corpuz, Allure, "People Are Protesting a Brooklyn Nail Salon After Video of Fight Goes Viral," 8 Aug. 2018 Fashion a witch hat using felt and hot glue, and craft a broomstick by tying twigs and straw to a stick with twine. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "How to Make a Wicked-Easy Witch Costume for Halloween," 1 Aug. 2018 And now, mainstream pop culture is grabbing the broomstick and gifting us two new shows anchored by the modern, mighty witch this fall. — Aimee Lutkin, Marie Claire, "Charmed, Sabrina, and the Return of the Dark Witch," 6 Sep. 2018 The magic is also very different; no wands or broomsticks here. — Constance Grady, Vox, "7 authors tell us how 20 years of Harry Potter shaped their lives," 31 Aug. 2018 In our neighborhood, kids played stoop ball, hopscotch and stickball, with a broomstick. — Marc Myers, WSJ, "How Dionne Warwick Fought to Be Heard," 7 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'broomstick.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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