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6 Definitions of: baton
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- noun, a thin stick used by the conductor of an orchestra, choir, etc, to indicate rhythm or expression
- noun, a) a short stick carried for use as a weapon, as by a policeman; truncheon b) (as modifier)
- noun, athletics a short bar carried by a competitor in a relay race and transferred to the next runner at the end of each stage
- noun, a long stick with a knob on one end, carried, twirled, and thrown up and down by a drum major or drum majorette, esp at the head of a parade
- noun, a staff or club carried by an official as a symbol of authority
- noun, heraldry a single narrow diagonal line superimposed on all other charges, esp one curtailed at each end, signifying a bastard line
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