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1. (n.) baton
a wand with which a conductor directs an orchestra or band.
2. baton
a metal rod fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorette.
3. baton
a thin cylinder that is passed from one member of a relay team to the member next to compete.
4. baton
a staff, club, or truncheon, esp. one serving as a mark of office or authority.
5. baton
a slender heraldic bend.
Etymology: (1540–50; < MF bâton, OF baston < VL *bastōnem)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) baton, wand
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
2. (noun) truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
3. (noun) baton
a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
4. (noun) baton
a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
5. (noun) baton
a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) baton
a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances
2. (noun) baton
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
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Sense: a short, heavy stick, carried by a policeman as a weapon.
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 Afrikaans: knuppel |
 Arabic: عَصـا الشُّرْطي |
 Bulgarian: полицейска палка |
 Brazilian: bastão |
 Czech: obušek |
 German: der Knüppel |
 Danish: knippel; politistav |
 Greek: κλομπ |
 Spanish: bastón |
 Estonian: kumminui |
 Farsi: باتون |
 Finnish: pamppu |
 French: bâton, matraque |
 Hebrew: אָלָה |
 Hindi: छड़ी |
 Croatian: palica, pendrek |
 Hungarian: gumibot |
 Indonesian: pentungan |
 Icelandic: lögreglukylfa |
 Italian: manganello, sfollagente |
 Japanese: 警棒 |
 Korean: 경찰봉 |
 Lithuanian: lazda |
 Latvian: steks |
 Malay: cota |
 Dutch: wapenstok |
 Norwegian: politikølle |
 Polish: pałka |
 Persian: باتون |
 Pashto: كوتك (لكه د امنيتې د پولي |
 Portuguese: bastão |
 Romanian: baston |
 Russian: (полицейская) дубинка |
 Slovak: obušok |
 Slovenian: gumijevka, pendrek |
 Serbian: pendrek, palica |
 Swedish: batong |
 Thai: กระบองตำรวจ |
 Turkish: cop |
 Taiwanese: 警棍 |
 Ukrainian: кийок поліцая |
 Urdu: لاٹھی |
 Vietnamese: dùi cui |
 Chinese: 警棍 |
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