baton (plural batons)
- A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes
- the baton of a field marshal
(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).
- Synonyms: billy club, nightstick
- (heraldiccharge) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
- (heraldiccharge) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
- A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
- French: baguette
- German: Taktstock
- Italian: bacchetta
- Portuguese: batuta
- Russian: дирижёрская па́лочка
- Spanish: batuta
- French: relai, relais, témoin
- Italian: testimone
- Portuguese: testemunho (Portugal), bastão (Brazil)
- Russian: эстафе́тная па́лочка
- Spanish: testigo
- French: matraque
- German: Schlagstock
- Italian: manganello
- Portuguese: cassetete
- Russian: дуби́нка
- Spanish: porra
baton (batons, present participle batoning; past and past participle batoned)
- To strike with a baton.
- French: frapper avec un bâton