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batonning

batonning is the present participle and gerund of baton.

Meaning of baton

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To strike with a baton.
    • She passed the baton to her successor after retiring.

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Questions about batonning

What is batonning the present participle and gerund of?
Batonning is the present participle and gerund of baton.

Words near batonning in the dictionary

  1. batonless
  2. batonlike
  3. batonned
  4. batonnet
  5. batonnets
  6. batonning
  7. batons
  8. batons sinister
  9. batoon
  10. batooned
  11. batooning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batonning (page history and authors); baton (page history and authors). 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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