present participle of baton

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes. / (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances. / (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

To strike with a baton.

plural of baton

simple past tense and past participle of baton

(linguistics) Not representing anything specific; non-representational.

One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.

The capital city of the state of Louisiana in the United States and the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish.

(heraldry) A kind of bend sinister, in which a narrow strip extends from the lower left to the upper right of the shield in a coat of arms but does not extend to the edges of the shield

plural of baton sinister