Phrase guide

magic wand

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A wand, usually made of wood, that is used to perform magic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: literal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wand

2

noun

Meaning 2

A means which will effect an instant solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • We have to work hard together to find a solution. There is no magic wand.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A long vibrator with a vibrating rubber head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: genericized trademark

Topics: lifestyle, sexuality

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wand vibrator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vibrator, sex toy

History

Etymology

Sense 3 is a genericized trademark from the Hitachi Magic Wand, a sex toy by the Japanese company Hitachi.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَصًا (ʕaṣan) — wand used to perform magic
  • Arabic: مِخْصَرَة (miḵṣara) — wand used to perform magic
  • Arabic: عَصًا سِحْرِيَّة (ʕaṣan siḥriyya) — wand used to perform magic
  • Armenian: կախարդական փայտիկ (kaxardakan pʻaytik) — wand used to perform magic
  • Breton: gwialenn-hud — wand used to perform magic
  • Bulgarian: нагическа пръчка (nagičeska prǎčka) — wand used to perform magic
  • Catalan: vareta màgica — wand used to perform magic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魔術棒 /魔术棒 (móshùbàng) — wand used to perform magic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魔杖 (mózhàng) — wand used to perform magic
  • Cornish: gwelen hus — wand used to perform magic
  • Czech: kouzelná hůlka — wand used to perform magic
  • Czech: kouzelný proutek — wand used to perform magic
  • Danish: tryllestav — wand used to perform magic
  • Dutch: toverstaf — wand used to perform magic
  • Dutch: toverstokje — wand used to perform magic
  • Dutch: toverstok — wand used to perform magic
  • Esperanto: sorĉbastono — wand used to perform magic
  • Esperanto: sorĉvergo — wand used to perform magic
  • Esperanto: magia bastoneto — wand used to perform magic
  • Estonian: võlukepp — wand used to perform magic
  • Finnish: taikasauva — wand used to perform magic
  • Finnish: noitasauva — wand used to perform magic
  • French: baguette magique — wand used to perform magic
  • Galician: variña máxica — wand used to perform magic
  • German: Zauberstab — wand used to perform magic
  • Greek: μαγικό ραβδί (magikó ravdí) — wand used to perform magic
  • Ancient Greek: ῥάβδος (rhábdos) — wand used to perform magic
  • Hebrew: שרביט קסמים (sharvít ksamím) — wand used to perform magic
  • Hindi: जादू की छड़ी (jādū kī chaṛī) — wand used to perform magic
  • Hindi: जादुई छड़ी (jāduī chaṛī) — wand used to perform magic
  • Hungarian: varázspálca — wand used to perform magic
  • Icelandic: töfrasproti — wand used to perform magic
  • Irish: slat draíochta — wand used to perform magic
  • Irish: slaitín draíochta — wand used to perform magic
  • Italian: bacchetta magica — wand used to perform magic
  • Japanese: 魔法の杖 (mahō-no tsue) — wand used to perform magic
  • Japanese: 杖 (tsue) — wand used to perform magic
  • Latin: virga — wand used to perform magic
  • Macedonian: волшебно стапче (volšebno stapče) — wand used to perform magic
  • Manx: maidjey obbee — wand used to perform magic
  • Mongolian: шидэт саваа (šidet savaa) — wand used to perform magic
  • Mongolian: шидэт дохиур (šidet doxiur) — wand used to perform magic
  • Mongolian: илбэ дохиур (ilbe doxiur) — wand used to perform magic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tryllestav — wand used to perform magic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tryllestav — wand used to perform magic
  • Occitan: bagueta magica — wand used to perform magic
  • Occitan: vareta magica — wand used to perform magic
  • Polish: różdżka — wand used to perform magic
  • Portuguese: varinha mágica — wand used to perform magic
  • Portuguese: varinha de condão — wand used to perform magic
  • Romanian: baghetă magică — wand used to perform magic
  • Russian: волше́бная па́лочка (volšébnaja páločka) — wand used to perform magic
  • Scottish Gaelic: slat-draoidheachd — wand used to perform magic
  • Scottish Gaelic: slatan-draoidheachd — wand used to perform magic
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаробни штапић — wand used to perform magic
  • Serbo-Croatian: čarobni štapić — wand used to perform magic
  • Spanish: varita mágica — wand used to perform magic
  • Spanish: varita de virtudes — wand used to perform magic
  • Spanish: vara mágica — wand used to perform magic
  • Swedish: trollstav — wand used to perform magic
  • Swedish: trollspö — wand used to perform magic
  • Telugu: మంత్రదండము (mantradaṇḍamu) — wand used to perform magic
  • Turkish: sihirli değnek — wand used to perform magic
  • Ukrainian: чарівна паличка (čarivna palyčka) — wand used to perform magic
  • Vietnamese: đũa thần — wand used to perform magic
  • Vietnamese: đũa phép — wand used to perform magic
  • Welsh: hudlath — wand used to perform magic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靈丹妙藥 /灵丹妙药 (língdānmiàoyào) — figuratively: means which will effect a solution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬能解方 /万能解方 — figuratively: means which will effect a solution
  • Finnish: taikasauva — figuratively: means which will effect a solution
  • Hungarian: varázsszer — figuratively: means which will effect a solution
  • Hungarian: csodaszer — figuratively: means which will effect a solution
  • Irish: réiteach draíochta — figuratively: means which will effect a solution
  • Ukrainian: чарівна паличка (čarivna palyčka) — figuratively: means which will effect a solution