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/ˈbɹum.stɪk/ · noun
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom..
Witches of all ages attended these lively gatherings by flying away on their broomsticks[.]
She really was a witch now. No one but a witch could fly a broomstick.
Harry ripped the parcel open and gasped as a magnificent, gleaming broomstick rolled out onto his bedspread. [...] It was a Firebolt, identical to the dream broom Harry had gone to see every day in Diagon Alley.
Greebo, hiccuping occasionally, oozed into his accustomed place among the bristles of Nanny’s broomstick. As they rose above the forest a thin plume of smoke also rose from the castle.
Most people are familiar with the age-old superstition that witches fly on broomsticks to their covens (though they were formerly also reputed to use shovels, cleft sticks, eggshells, ANIMALS and other means of flight).
Gangdem known for the shootings, go ask Ramz – got whooshed with a broomstick.
BATTY: But, Mother Witch, I want to go broomsticking, too.
Cynthia the Witch, whenever she broomsticked back into town would not even be given the chance to lay eyes on my machine or my clothes.
Use broomstick when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Broomstick means The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom..
Common synonyms include boomstick, broom.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Witches of all ages attended these lively gatherings by flying away on their broomsticks[.]
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