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baton

  (bə-tŏn', bă-, băt'n) pronunciation
n.
  1. Music. A slender wooden stick or rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or band.
  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-.]


 
 
Food Lover's Companion: baton; batonnet

[ba-TAWN; ba-tawn-NAY] 1. Culinarily, this French word describes a white loaf of bread that's somewhat smaller than a baguette. 2. The term can also refer to various small, stick (baton) shaped foods-such as vegetables or pastries-that may or may not have a filling.

 
 

A stick used by some conductors of choruses or orchestras. The baton is traditionally used to indicate the tempo of the music.

 

See Field Marshall and Drum Major.

 
Word Tutor: baton
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A staff carried by a drum major or twirler.

pronunciation Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. — Helen Rowland (1876-1950); Anglo-American writer

Tutor's tip: A "baton" is a short stick passed from one contestant to another in a race, while a "batten" is a wooden strip used to cover a joint between boards.

 
Wikipedia: baton (disambiguation)


Baton (via French bâton = "stick" from Late Latin bastum = "stout staff", probably of Gaulish origin) refers to several types of cylindrical or tapered instruments composed of a wide variety of materials (finished, not wood in the natural state), with differing functions

  • Baton (conducting) used for directing an orchestra, choir or mixed performers
  • 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
  • Club (weapon) (also called a baton, billy club, nightstick, or riot stick), a type of striking/parrying weapon typically used by police, military or security personnel
  • Batons are carried by runners in a Relay race
  • A baton is used in heraldry as a mark of cadency.
  • The center stick of a set of Devil sticks, manipulated by jugglers
  • In Stage lighting, "baton" is an alternate spelling for Batten_(theater), and refers to movable horizontal pipes from which lights or scenery are hung
  • A dildo is sometimes called a baton

Other users of the word Baton include:

Baton may also refer to one of several people:

  • Baton (name) (Bato) was an Illyrian given name for males
  • Baton (Dardanian king) was the name of a Dardanian king in the 4th century BC
  • Baton of Pannonia from Pannonia was one of three leaders of the Illyrian uprising against the Romans in Pannonia and Dalmatia in 6 AD
  • Baton of Dalmatia from Dalmatia was one of three leaders of the Illyrian uprising against the Romans in Dalmatia and Pannonia in 6 AD.

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Translations: Translations for: Baton

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dirigentstok, taktstok

Nederlands (Dutch)
(gummi)knuppel, dirigeerstok, estafettestokje, paal

Français (French)
n. - (Mil, Mus) bâton, baguette, (GB) matraque, témoin (dans une course de relais)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stab, Gummiknüppel, Staffelstab, Taktstock

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπαγκέτα, σκυτάλη (σκυταλοδρομίας), ράβδος (αξιώματος), μπαστούνι, κλομπ

idioms:

  • pass the baton    δίνω τη σκυτάλη

Italiano (Italian)
manganello, sfollagente, testimone

idioms:

  • pass/hand/pick up the baton    passare/prendere il testimone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cacetete (f), batuta (Mús.)

idioms:

  • pass/hand/pick up the baton    passar/pegar/pegar o bastão, assumir a responsabilidade (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
дирижерская палочка, жезл, шест

idioms:

  • pass/hand/pick up the baton    передавать палочку на эстафетном беге

Español (Spanish)
n. - porra, cachiporra, garrote, testigo, posta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - batong, taktpinne, stav, stafettpinne

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
官杖, 权杖, 军乐队用指挥杖, 警棒, 指挥棒

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 官杖, 權杖, 軍樂隊用指揮杖, 警棒, 指揮棒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지팡이, 경찰봉[지휘봉], 지휘봉

idioms:

  • baton Rouge    바턴 루즈 (루이지아나 주의 주도)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 指揮棒, 警棒, 杖, バトン

idioms:

  • pass/hand/pick up the baton    バトンを渡す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عصا القيادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שרביט של מנצח תזמורת, שרביט, אלה, מקל במירוץ-שליחים‬


 
 

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