baton

ba·ton (bə tän′, ba-; Brit ba′tän′)

noun

a staff serving as a symbol of office
Heraldry a short, narrow bend: in England, a baton placed diagonally right to left (as seen by the viewer) and cut short at both ends signifies bastardy
a slender stick used by a conductor in directing an orchestra, choir, etc.
☆ a hollow metal rod, with a knob at one or at each end, twirled in a showy way by a drum major or drum majorette
the short, light rod passed from one runner to the next in a relay race
Brit. a policeman's billy; truncheon

Etymology: Fr bâton < OFr baston < VL *basto < LL bastum, stick, prob. of Gaul orig.

Converse of object

twirl: And twirling batons of all sizes - don't know if there's a special name for the longer ones?
wield: A former army bandmaster, he has often wielded the baton at Jedburgh.
pass: I am looking forward to passing the baton - which we received from the Dutch.
carry: We also caught a glimpse of the runners carrying the baton on its way to the stadium.
drop: I've dropped the musical baton twice now: once from Cathy and now from bsag.

Adjective modifier

extendable: This Association condemns the prison service for using the increase of boot and shoe allowance to fund extendable batons.
wooden: The bulk head is held in position with various wooden batons.
electric: Local residents started a peaceful protest which lasted several days before being violently attacked by police wielding electric batons.
musical: I've dropped the musical baton twice now: once from Cathy and now from bsag.

Modifies a noun

rouge: Such wrath the the machine is doing baton rouge parish the change only.
marking: It has a very attractive silver dial with polished silver applied baton markings.
marker: Highly visible and luminous baton hour markers and hands.
relay: The baton relay has been the traditional opener of the Commonwealth games, to be held in Manchester this year, since the 1970s.
gun: Once the results of the baton gun trial have been analyzed then an informed decision about it capabilities can be made.
round: Police fired baton rounds into the groups of men.

Noun used with modifier

police: Steve also had a look of pleasure on being shown how to flick his old police baton to full length.
west: Few in number of suburbs including treasury west baton.

Possessives

systemsbrown: For example you to become more systemsbrown's baton rouge-based of roof racks.
conductor: Or to conduct an orchestra in the Wii launch game called Music, simply wave it around like a conductor's baton.

Preposition: of

conductor: On August 2 the youth orchestra will be under the baton of conductor Julian Clayton.

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