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Definitions for Baton

[1] Music . a wand used by a conductor.
[2] a rod of lightweight metal fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorette.
[3] Track . a hollow rod of wood, paper, or plastic that is passed during a race from one member of a relay team to the next in a prescribed area.
[4] a staff, club, or truncheon, especially one serving as a mark of office or authority.
[5] Heraldry . a diminutive of the bend sinister, couped at the extremities: used in England as a mark of bastardy. a similar diminutive of the ordinary bend.
[6] a thin stick used by the conductor of an orchestra, choir, etc, to indicate rhythm or expression
[7] a short stick carried for use as a weapon, as by a policeman; truncheon (as modifier ) a baton charge
[8] athletics a short bar carried by a competitor in a relay race and transferred to the next runner at the end of each stage
[9] a long stick with a knob on one end, carried, twirled, and thrown up and down by a drum major or drum majorette, esp at the head of a parade
[10] a staff or club carried by an official as a symbol of authority
[11] heraldry a single narrow diagonal line superimposed on all other charges, esp one curtailed at each end, signifying a bastard line

Words related to Baton

wand, cudgel, rod, mace, truncheon, nightstick, club, blackjack, staff, billy

Words nearby Baton

batiste, batley, batlle y ordóñez, batman, batna, baton, baton rouge, baton round, baton twirler, batophobia, batrachian

Origin of Baton

1540–50; < Middle French bâton, Old French baston < Vulgar Latin *bastōn- (stem of *bastō ) stick, club; compare Late Latin bastum staff

Word origin for Baton

C16: from French bâton , from Late Latin bastum rod, probably ultimately from Greek bastazein to lift up, carry

Synonyms for Baton

cudgel, mace, nightstick, rod, truncheon, wand, billy, blackjack, club, staff, billy club