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US
/ˈbæˌtɑn, ˈbætən, bəˈtɑn/
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[ UK /bˈætən/ ]
[ UK /bˈætən/ ]
NOUN
- a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
- a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
- a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
- a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
How To Use baton In A Sentence
- A portrait of Barbara Barrett-Lennard, copied from a miniature after Thomas Hudson, is supported by her mourning parents in a portrait by Pompeo Batoni.
- Rapping the knife with a baton, split a thin shingle from the side of a dry wood block. Basic Knife Skills by Field & Stream's Keith McCafferty
- Its 200 highly trained members dress in white overalls, padded clothing and crash helmets to protect themselves against police batons and shields.
- She twirled her baton high in the air as she led the parade.
- The use of the poetic device hyperbaton, or inverted word order, is a form of repetition that sets the mood for the rest of the section.
- The suits are cups, coins, swords and batons, and each suit contains seven different cards: ace, 3, 4, 5, jack, horse, king.
- But why carry a baton for sentiment when it should be a scepter?
- But the Little Flower might have known better how to wield a baton: His father was a bandmaster. Mayor Maestro Will Pick Up a Baton
- This retreat was followed by the calling in of mounted police and black-suited riot squads to attack demonstrators with batons and pepper spray.
- Shape the sticks into batons by shaving off the square corners and pointing the ends.