broomstick

noun

1. The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom.
2. A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.

   “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).”

3. (slang)A control stick of an airplane or other vehicle.
4. (rare, slang)A firearm.

   “Gangdem known for the shootings, go ask Ramz – got whooshed with a broomstick.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.

   “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.”