magic wand

English

Noun

magic wand (plural magic wands)

1. A wand, usually made of wood, that is used to perform magic.
2. (figuratively) A means which will effect an instant solution.

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

3. (genericized trademark) A long vibrator with a vibrating rubber head; the Hitachi Magic Wand or any similar sex toy.
   • 2017 October 17, Rachelle Ayala, Playing Catch, Rachelle Ayala:

     Stealthily, she slid her nightstand drawer open, located the knee-high sock and pulled out her magic wand vibrator, ready to go with new batteries.

   • 2020 July 21, Lila Dubois, Vienna Bargain, Farm Boy Press, →ISBN:

     The vibration wasn't as strong as that of her magic wand, but she slid the tip up and down the valley of her sex.

Translations

wand used to perform magic

• Arabic: عَصًا f (ʕaṣan), مِخْصَرَة f (miḵṣara), عَصًا سِحْرِيَّة f (ʕaṣan siḥriyya)
• Armenian: կախարդական փայտիկ (kaxardakan pʻaytik)
• Breton: gwialenn-hud f
• Bulgarian: нагическа пръчка (nagičeska prǎčka)
• Catalan: vareta màgica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔術棒／魔术棒 (zh) (móshùbàng), 魔杖 (zh) (mózhàng)

• Cornish: gwelen hus f
• Czech: kouzelná hůlka f, kouzelný proutek m
• Danish: tryllestav c
• Dutch: toverstaf (nl) m, toverstokje (nl) n, toverstok (nl) m
• Esperanto: sorĉbastono, sorĉvergo, magia bastoneto
• Estonian: võlukepp
• Finnish: taikasauva (fi), noitasauva
• French: baguette magique (fr) f
• Galician: variña máxica f
• German: Zauberstab (de) m
• Greek: μαγικό ραβδί n (magikó ravdí)

  Ancient: ῥάβδος f (rhábdos)

• Hebrew: שרביט קסמים m (sharvít ksamím)
• Hindi: जादू की छड़ी (jādū kī chaṛī)
• Hungarian: varázspálca (hu)
• Icelandic: töfrasproti (is) m
• Irish: slat draíochta m
• Italian: bacchetta magica f
• Japanese: 魔法の杖 (まほうのつえ, mahō-no tsue), 杖 (ja) (つえ, tsue)
• Latin: virga f
• Macedonian: волшебно стапче n (volšebno stapče)
• Manx: maidjey obbee
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: шидэт саваа (šidet savaa), шидэт дохиур (šidet doxiur), илбэ дохиур (ilbe doxiur) (conjuring)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tryllestav m

  Nynorsk: tryllestav m

• Occitan: bagueta magica f, vareta magica f
• Polish: różdżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: varinha mágica (pt) f, varinha de condão (pt) f
• Romanian: baghetă magică (ro) f
• Russian: волше́бная па́лочка f (volšébnaja páločka)
• Scottish Gaelic: slat-draoidheachd f, slatan-draoidheachd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чаробни штапић m

  Roman: čarobni štapić m

• Spanish: varita mágica f, varita de virtudes (es) f, vara mágica f
• Swedish: trollstav (sv) c, trollspö (sv) n
• Telugu: మంత్రదండము (te) (mantradaṇḍamu)
• Turkish: sihirli değnek
• Ukrainian: чарівна паличка f (čarivna palyčka)
• Vietnamese: đũa thần, đũa phép (vi)
• Welsh: hudlath f

(figuratively) means which will effect a solution

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: taikasauva (fi)
• Hungarian: varázsszer (hu), csodaszer (hu)
• Irish: réiteach draíochta m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: чарівна паличка f (čarivna palyčka)