baton English

Meaning baton meaning

What does baton mean?

Definitions in simple English

baton Noun

— A baton short club that is primarily used by policemen.

baton

— noun a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

— noun a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

— noun a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

— noun a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

— noun (= truncheon) a short stout club used primarily by policemen

Synonyms baton synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as baton?

baton English » English

stick

cane

truncheon

wand

staff

club

rod

cudgel

billy

bludgeon

billy club

nightstick

billystick

walking stick

pole

verge

stave

spar

shaft

mace

blackjack

bat

bar

yard

turnkey

stun baton

stake

shillelagh

shillalah

sceptre

scepter

reed

power

perch

penis

leg

lathi

king

ingot

hit

handle

hammer

gaffer

fishing rod

ferule

drub

crozier

crook

cosh

conductor’s baton

Topics baton topics

What do people use baton to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity Music

Play music

• What equipment is used in playing music?
  musical instrument music stand riser baton

Examples baton examples

How do I use baton in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Mary conducted the orchestra using a baton.

Tom conducted the orchestra using a baton.

Movie subtitles

I had her all sewed up in Baton Rouge, or at least I thought so.

Watch the baton.

You see this baton? - Yes.

A poorly made bed means 20 baton blows.

And there'll always be some man with a weak mind and long memory. who'll remember a girl who worked at Selma's in Baton Rouge. or Tess' in Frisco.

This baton of victory has been nobly won.

Do you recognize this baton?

And our lucky friend from Baton Rouge gets a big fat queen with his pair of sixes.

She's in a nursing home near Baton Rouge.

No one back in baton rouge owns a landseer.

But it was me who helped her getting out of that swamp in Baton Rouge.

They brought them over from Baton Rouge.

Barbara Jean, tragically burned in an accident involving a fire baton.

I'll drop my baton. Drop your brick, and let's talk.

The first violin gave him his baton, as usual.

Tonight, would you be so good as to glance occasionally at my baton?

Get a baton and start leading. No.

Okada, take the baton.

Each in her own way. Because then you took the baton.

Watch that baton.

And I had got us a room in Baton Rouge, and we were gonna stay there.

Just because some old fool in Baton Rouge signed a piece of paper doesn't make it so.

To Baton Rouge, to put that damned county commissioner straight.

He took his baton from the first violin.

What is it? Tonight, would you be so good as to glance occasionally at my baton?

A baton.

When I wave with this baton, people start making music.

Up, up, up. - Watch that baton.

I'll drop my baton.

They're yelling in Baton Rouge.

You know how she wanted to be on the baton team.

We say no the baton!

News and current affairs

America is handing off the leadership baton - even if no other country or group of countries is willing or able to grasp it.

The ten new countries will now take the baton and begin to banish poverty.

Since January 21, baton-wielding, burqa-clad students of the Jamia Hafsa, the woman's Islamic university located next to Lal Masjid, have forcibly occupied a government building, the Children's Library.

No surprise, then, that the Democratic Party has now picked up the protectionist baton.

Meanwhile it has passed the quantitative-easing baton to the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, both of which will create even more liquidity at a time of record-low interest rates.

As the baton of excessive liquidity injections is passed from one central bank to another, the dangers of global asset bubbles and competitive currency devaluations intensify.

So, in passing the baton to his eldest son, he could be said to have dealt with that risk in the most logical way possible.

As a result, the NTC and the cabinet that it appointed, known as the executive committee, merely want to pass the baton of authority.