baton
UK/ˈbætɒn//bəˈtɑn/
baton noun: a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
Noun
baton (plural batons)
- A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
- A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
- The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
- The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra fell silent.
- An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
- In the relay race, the runner dropped the baton.
- A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.
- A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
- The police officer carried a baton for self-defense.
- Synonyms:
- billy club, nightstick, truncheon
- A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.
- Alternative forms: batune, baston
- A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
- A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne.
- A short baguette.
Verb
baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)
- To strike with a baton.
- She passed the baton to her successor after retiring.
- accept/refuse/receive the baton
baton meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
baton in Hindi
- बैटन
baton in Tamil
- சிறு பிரம்பு, கைத்தடி, ஊர்க்காவலரின் குறுந்தடி, கட்டியக்கோல், கேடயத்திலுள்ள குறுந்தடி வடிவம், தடியாலடி
baton in Urdu
- چھڑی, چھوٹا سا ڈنڈا
baton in Bengali
- ব্যাটন
More languagesFewer languages
- baton in Telugu
- బ్యాటన్
- baton in Malayalam
- ലാത്തി lātti
- baton in Kannada
- ಕಿರುಕೋಲು, ಕಿರುಗುದಿಗೆ, ಅಧಿಕಾರದಂಡ, ವಾದ್ಯದಂಡ
- baton in Gujarati
- બેટન
- baton in Nepali
- ब्याटन, ब्याटोन, ब्याटन गर्न
- baton in Arabic
- هِرَاوَة hirāwa, عَصًا ʕaṣan
- baton in Malay
- cota
- baton in Indonesian
- pentungan
- baton in Persian
- باتون bâtôn
- baton in Thai
- กระบอง gràbong
Examples of baton in a sentence
- The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton.
- The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
- But having now passed on the baton, she expects him to develop his own style of chairmanship and provide strong leadership.
Synonyms of baton
Forms of baton
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | batons |
| alternative form | bâton |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | batons |
| present participle | batoning |
| past participle | batoned |
| past | batoned |
Origin of baton
From French bâton. Doublet of baston.
Words formed from baton
Phrases with baton
Questions about baton
- What does baton mean?
- Baton means a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
- What is baton in Hindi?
- Baton in Hindi is बैटन. See Baton meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is baton?
- Baton can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce baton?
- Baton is pronounced /ˈbætɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of baton?
- The plural of baton is batons.
Words near baton in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: baton (page history and authors); baton (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baton (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baton (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baton (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baton (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ലാത്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); baton (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baton (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baton (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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