baton
IPA: bʌtˈɑn
noun
- 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.
verb
- (transitive) To strike with a baton.
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Examples of "baton" in Sentences
- It is located in the of Baton Rouge.
- The baton must be passed to the next runner.
- The baton is a digital copy of the real deal.
- I relayed a baton to my friend during the race.
- The new pacesetter must pick up the London baton.
- In the spring of 1870 he received the marshal's baton.
- The Queen entrusts the baton to the first relay runner.
- Let's follow the trend and hand the baton to the more flexible.
- The shellfish is fresh and sweet and the potato batons are tender.
- It still insinuates that the the baton is being wielded at the photographer.
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