Broomstick
/ˈbruːmstɪk/noun
A long stick with bristles at one end, used for sweeping the floor.
She used a broomstick to clean the room.
Often appears as...
- ride a broomstick
- sweep with a broomstick
noun
In stories about witches, a stick that they fly on.
The witch was riding on a broomstick.
Often appears as...
- ride a broomstick
- witches' broomstick
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Literary
noun
A long stick with bristles at one end, used for sweeping the floor.
She used a broomstick to clean the room.
Often appears as...
- ride a broomstick
- sweep with a broomstick
noun
In stories about witches, a stick that they fly on.
The witch was riding on a broomstick.
Often appears as...
- ride a broomstick
- witches' broomstick
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cleaning Tool
Broomstick refers to the entire tool, often used in homes for cleaning.
He grabbed the broomstick to sweep the spilled rice.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Descriptions
A broomstick typically has a long wooden stick with coarse bristles attached.
She replaced her old broomstick with one with stiffer bristles.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'broomstick' is used metaphorically for something slender and straight.
The tall, thin man was described as 'broomstick-like' in his appearance.
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How we're honoring...
One day, he beat her so badly, beyond recognition, he even broke a broomstick over her head, and she threw flour in his face in response. But when the police arrived, they arrested her, not him.
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Double the Lion Prides –...
I hope you you all can hear this it's like if you take two sticks and like hit them hit them together so um elephant tusks hitting each other's sound like two big broomsticks hitting each other
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How we're honoring...
One day, he beat her so badly, beyond recognition, he even broke a broomstick over her head, and she threw flour in his face in response. But when the police arrived, they arrested her, not him.
Video examples
Double the Lion Prides –...
I hope you you all can hear this it's like if you take two sticks and like hit them hit them together so um elephant tusks hitting each other's sound like two big broomsticks hitting each other
Example 1 of 2
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often.
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Rod Carew
Panamanian Athlete
There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet and cheers. But, I also remember how much fun I had as a skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a quiet, dusty street in Panama.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
In the Children's Zoo, Enrichment meant presenting the goats with a trash can smeared with peanut butter or dangling keys at the end of a broomstick in front of the cow. The goats would knock their heads around the inside of the can and emerge giddy, peanut butter drunk.
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Natalia Tena
American Actress
Whenever I start a 'Potter' film, I get these dreams. The last dream I had, I was in a war and the sky was blotted with broomsticks and I couldn't find my wand. It was so intense. I always have mental, intense, war wizard dreams when I'm doing the films.
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Morten Harket
Norwegian Musician
I grew up in a small mountain town in Norway, and I remember miming to the Beatles on the couch when I was about six, singing into a broomstick, but this was a country that only had one radio station. There was no music around, really.
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Stan Musial
American Athlete
I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Robinson Cano
Dominican Athlete
My grandma used to pitch to me. Hit rocks with a broomstick.
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Tom Felton
English Actor
I don't have an album cover with me on a broomstick.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often.
Quote examples
Rod Carew
Panamanian Athlete
There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet and cheers. But, I also remember how much fun I had as a skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a quiet, dusty street in Panama.
Quote examples
Ben Dolnick
American Writer
In the Children's Zoo, Enrichment meant presenting the goats with a trash can smeared with peanut butter or dangling keys at the end of a broomstick in front of the cow. The goats would knock their heads around the inside of the can and emerge giddy, peanut butter drunk.
Quote examples
Natalia Tena
American Actress
Whenever I start a 'Potter' film, I get these dreams. The last dream I had, I was in a war and the sky was blotted with broomsticks and I couldn't find my wand. It was so intense. I always have mental, intense, war wizard dreams when I'm doing the films.
Quote examples
Morten Harket
Norwegian Musician
I grew up in a small mountain town in Norway, and I remember miming to the Beatles on the couch when I was about six, singing into a broomstick, but this was a country that only had one radio station. There was no music around, really.
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Stan Musial
American Athlete
I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Robinson Cano
Dominican Athlete
My grandma used to pitch to me. Hit rocks with a broomstick.
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Tom Felton
English Actor
I don't have an album cover with me on a broomstick.
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