Dictionary Definition
baton
Noun
1 a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to
direct an orchestra
2 an implement passed from runner to runner in a
relay race
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- RP: , /ˈbætɒn/, /"b}
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Etymology
Extensive Definition
Baton may refer
to:
In stick like objects:
- Baton (conducting), a short thin stick used for directing a musical performance
- Baton (running), an object transferred by runners in a relay race
- Baton (symbol), a symbolic attribute of military or other office
- Baton (twirling), a light metal rod used for keeping time, twirling, and juggling in marching band and parade performances
- Baton (weapon), a club used for law enforcement
- Baton sinister, a mark of cadency in heraldry
In other uses:
- BATON, a Type 1 block cipher, used by the United States government to secure all types of classified information
- Baton Bob, a costumed street performer currently based in Atlanta, Georgia
- Baton Bunny, a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the Looney Tunes series produced in 1958
- Baton Broadcasting, a Canadian broadcaster, now owned by CTVglobemedia
- Baton Broadcasting System, a defunct television system owned by Baton Broadcasting Inc.
- BATON Overlay or BAlanced Tree Over-lay Network, a distributed tree structure for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems
- Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana, USA
- Baton Records, a record label
See also
baton in Dutch:
Baton
baton in Polish:
Baton
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Malacca cane, achievement, alerion, alpenstock, animal charge,
annulet, argent, armorial bearings,
armory, arms, aspersion, attaint, azure, badge, badge of infamy, badge of
office, badges, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, bastardism, bastardy, bat, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, billy, billy club, black eye,
black mark, blazon,
blazonry, blot, bludgeon, blur, bordure, brand, brassard, broad arrow, button, cadency mark, caduceus, cane, canton, cap and gown, censure, chain, chain of office, champain, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, class ring, club, coat of arms, cockade, cockatrice, collar, coronet, crescent, crest, crook, crosier, cross, cross moline, cross-staff,
crown, crutch, crutch-stick, decoration, device, diapason, difference, differencing, disparagement, dress, eagle, emblems, ensigns, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, falcon, fasces, fess, fess point, field, figurehead, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis, fret, fur, fusil, garland, gavel, griffin, gules, gyron, hammer and sickle, handstaff, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, heraldry, honor point, illegitimacy, illegitimateness,
impalement, impaling, imputation, inescutcheon, insignia, label, lapel pin, lion, lituus, livery, lozenge, mace, mantle, mantling, mark of Cain,
markings, marshaling, martlet, mascle, medal, metal, metronome, monochord, mortarboard, motto, mullet, music stand, mute, nightstick, nombril point,
octofoil, old school
tie, onus, or, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pastoral staff, paterissa, pean, pheon, pillorying, pin, pitch pipe, point champain,
portfolio, purpure, quarter, quartering, quarterstaff, reflection, regalia, reprimand, reproach, rhythmometer, ring, rod, rod of office, rose, sable, saltire, scepter, school ring, scutcheon, shamrock, shield, shillelagh, sigillography, skull and
crossbones, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, sonometer, sphragistics, spot, spread eagle, staff, stain, stave, stick, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, subordinary, swagger stick,
swanking stick, swastika, taint, tarnish, tartan, tenne, thistle, tie, tincture, tone measurer,
torse, tressure, truncheon, tuning bar, tuning
fork, tuning pipe, unicorn, uniform, vair, verge, vert, walking stick, wand, wand of office, war club,
wreath, yale