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ba·ton
(bə-tŏn′, bă-, băt′n)n.
1. Music A slender wooden stick or rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra, band, or other musical group.
2. A hollow metal rod with a heavy rubber tip or tips that is wielded and twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.
3. A short staff carried by certain public officials as a symbol of office.
4. Sports The hollow cylinder that is carried by each member of a relay team in a running race and passed to the next team member.
5. A short stick carried by police; a billy club.
6. Heraldry A shortened narrow bend, often signifying bastardy.
[French bâton, from Old French baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōn-.]
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baton
(ˈbætən; -tɒn)n
1. (Classical Music) a thin stick used by the conductor of an orchestra, choir, etc, to indicate rhythm or expression
2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms))
a. a short stick carried for use as a weapon, as by a policeman; truncheon
b. (as modifier): a baton charge.
3. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics a short bar carried by a competitor in a relay race and transferred to the next runner at the end of each stage
4. (Dancing) 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
5. a staff or club carried by an official as a symbol of authority
6. (Heraldry) heraldry a single narrow diagonal line superimposed on all other charges, esp one curtailed at each end, signifying a bastard line
[C16: from French bâton, from Late Latin bastum rod, probably ultimately from Greek bastazein to lift up, carry]
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ba•ton
(bəˈtɒn, bæ-, ˈbæt n)n.
1. a wand with which a conductor directs an orchestra or band.
2. a metal rod fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorette.
3. a thin cylinder that is passed from one member of a relay team to the member next to compete.
4. a staff, club, or truncheon, esp. one serving as a mark of office or authority.
5. a slender heraldic bend.
[1540–50; < Middle French bâton, Old French baston < Vulgar Latin *bastōnem]
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baton
Short bar carried by runners in a relay race.
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Noun | 1. | baton - a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood |
2. | baton - a short stout club used primarily by policemen club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" | |
3. | baton - a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority staff - a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" | |
4. | baton - a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood | |
5. | baton - a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race sports implement - an implement used in a sport |
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baton
noun stick, club, staff, stake, pole, rod, crook, cane, mace, wand, truncheon, sceptre I could see a baton being used vigorously.
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Translations
عَصـا الشُّرْطيعَصا قائِد الفِقَةِ الموسيقيَّه
taktovkakolíkobušek
knippelpolitistavtaktstok
karmesteri pálca
lögreglukylfatónsproti
lazda
stekszizlis
taktovka
baton
[ˈbætən]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
baton
[ˈbætɒn] n (= stick) → bâton m
[conductor] → baguette f
(= club) → matraque f
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baton
[, (US)]n
(Mus) → Taktstock m, → Stab m; (Mil) → (Kommando)stab m; under the baton of (Mus) → unter der Stabführung von
(of policeman) → Schlagstock m; (for directing traffic) → Stab m
(in relay race) → Staffelholz nt, → Stab m; to hand on or pass the baton to somebody (fig) → die Verantwortung an jdn abgeben
baton
:baton charge
baton round
n (Mil) → Plastikgeschosse pl
baton twirler
n → Tambourmajor(in) m(f)
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baton
[ˈbæt/ən] n (Mus) → bacchetta (Mil) → bastone m di comando; (of policeman) → sfollagente m inv, manganello; (in race) → testimone mCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
baton
(ˈbӕton) , ((American) bӕˈta:n) noun1. a short, heavy stick, carried by a policeman as a weapon.
2. a light, slender stick used when conducting an orchestra or choir. The conductor raised his baton.
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