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baton noun

  /bəˈtɑn/ , /ˈbæt(ə)n/ , /ˈbætɒn/
  • (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
Taktstock, Gummiknüppel, Schlagstock, Knüppel, Knüttel, Prügel
  • (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
Stab, Staffelstab
  • A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
Abstandhalter, Distanzstab
  • (heraldiccharge) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.
Bastardfaden
  • (military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
Kommandostab, Marschallstab, Offizierstöckchen, Zepter, Zeremonienstab

baton verb

  /bəˈtɑn/ , /ˈbæt(ə)n/ , /ˈbætɒn/
  • (transitive) To strike with a baton.
knüppeln, prügeln

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