baton

Noun

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
2. A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
3. The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
4. An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
5. A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.
6. (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
7. A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.
8. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
9. A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne.
10. A short baguette.

Verb

To strike with a baton.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbætɒn/

Etymology

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

Synonyms

stick

cane

truncheon

wand

staff

club

rod

cudgel

billy

bludgeon

billy club

nightstick

billystick

walking stick

pole

bat

🦇

mace

stave

bar

spar

blackjack

shaft

verge

scepter

sceptre

shillalah

shillelagh

stake

turnkey

yard

bimolin

lathi

stun baton

baston

abitilguanide

bioxine

abitylguanide

baton, cane

conductor's baton

bandy

batune

beat

bigwig

bounder

cad

conductor’s baton

cosh

crook

crozier

drub

Translations

bastone

bâton

bacchetta

batuta

bastão

bastón

staf

Taktstock

stok

Stab

baculus

canne

matraque

arundo

baguette