baton /batˈon or batˈn/, also (archaic) batoon /bə-toonˈ/

1. A staff of office, eg that of a marshal
2. A policeman's truncheon
3. A short stick passed on from one runner to the next in a relay race
4. A light wand used by the conductor of an orchestra
5. A knobbed staff carried, tossed and twirled by a drum-major, etc at the head of a marching band, etc
6. A baton round

To strike with a baton

baton charge noun

A swift forward movement of police against a hostile crowd, with truncheons drawn for use

batˈon-charge transitive verb

baton gun noun

A gun which fires baton rounds, plastic bullets, used in riot control

baton-sinˈister noun

A heraldic indication of illegitimacy, a diminutive of a bend-sinister, not extending to the sides of the shield, so as to resemble a marshal's baton laid diagonally over the family arms from sinister to dexter (improperly called bar-sinˈister)

under the baton of

(of choirs and orchestras) conducted by

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