broomstick

noun

Definition of broomsticknext
as in bow

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Recent Examples of broomstick After the shooting, federal authorities accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an ICE officer with a broomstick or a snow shovel during the incident, but those charges were later dropped after an investigation into whether the agents lied about the incident. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026 More recently, the Australian trio launched a website for a fake company called Takumi, whose mascot is a purple cartoon cat that wears a witch hat and flies on a broomstick. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 The broomstick was created with the help of Amor, and the bride and groom hope to pass it down to her for her own special day. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 Autumn Ness has great fun with the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West, although emerging from the orchestra pit isn’t nearly as thrilling as flames and flights on a broomstick. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for broomstick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broomstick
  1. bow
  2. loop
  3. handle
  4. grip
  5. haft
  6. shaft
  7. handgrip
  8. hilt
Noun
  • The black, glossy leather shoes feature a soft round toe with a dainty decorative bow at the vamp.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The offshore footprint will be staggered with a limited bow in Mexico, UK and Australia and other territories like France, Netherlands, Korea and Japan going later.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bow
Noun
  • Not a crisis — yet The negative feedback loop becomes more dangerous when nominal economic growth falls to low levels, causing debt relative to the size of the economy to rise persistently, Reese said.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • What knocks him for a deadly loop is a powdered, pampered piece of work called Mildred (Elizabeth Teeter).
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of loop
Noun
  • The sedan features short overhangs and a streamlined side profile, which does get accentuated by the flat door handles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The style has a relaxed leather body, sculpted top handle and long zipper pulls — the latter giving the bag its name.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of handle
Noun
  • His penchant for the audacious was on display in 2024 when Puigdemont suddenly appeared in Barcelona, gave a public speech and slipped through the police’s grip.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Plague death exposes Putin's crumbling grip as war and economy spiral downward.
    — , FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of grip
Noun
  • Along with the traditional sofreyé haft seen, a spread of items set out to welcome the new year, this year’s event encouraged people to honor the lives of protesters killed by placing flowers on a map of Iran.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • In a Brooklyn apartment, Nozlee Samadzadeh thinks about family while building a haft sin, a traditional Nowruz table with symbolic objects on it.
    — Sarah Ventre, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of haft
Noun
  • The mine shaft that Nelson fell into was sealed with a metal grate almost a year after the incident.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • How the tanker’s propulsion system works The tanker uses electricity generated by a hydrogen engine housed in a container mounted on deck which powers two electric propulsion motors connected to two shafts.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaft
Noun
  • Lower handgrip strength and less muscle mass were also associated with higher infection risk.
    — Currie Engel, HEALTH, 6 Oct. 2026
  • This means footrests extending out at the level of the rear hub and two handgrip bars running parallel to the bench seating.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of handgrip
Noun
  • That included a box of hatchets in the basement, one of which had a broken hilt and appeared to be used quite recently.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • At the center of it all is the completely fictional Corinne, who Huppert plays to the hilt.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of hilt

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“Broomstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broomstick. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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