BATON

baton, wand

(noun) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

baton

(noun) a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

baton

(noun) a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

baton

(noun) a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club

(noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

baton (plural batons)

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes

(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

(US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).

Synonyms: billy club, nightstick

(heraldiccharge) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).

(heraldiccharge) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.

A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

To strike with a baton.

Anagrams

• Botan, tabon

Source: Wiktionary

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Bat"on, n. Etym: [F. b. See Baston.]

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances. He held the baton of command. Prescott.

2. (Her.)

Definition: An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister;

– called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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