baton

IPA: bʌtˈɑn

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

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