Synonym: billy, billy club, billystick, nightstick, truncheon, wand. Similar words: atone, incubator, at once, megaton, approbatory, all at once, atonement, platonic. Meaning: ['bætən] 
n. 1. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir 2. a short stout club used primarily by policemen 3. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
n. 1. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir 2. a short stout club used primarily by policemen 3. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race. 
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31. He told Heatley that he had been walking along the footpath when the police had made a baton charge.
32. I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer's baton, picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid.
33. The conductor rapped the music stand with his baton and the violins stopped playing.
34. His supporters stress the sentimental and entertainment value of seeing him take the baton one more time.
35. This onslaught was driven back by a police baton charge in the course of which four youths were slightly hurt.
36. For some choral music - the Missa Solemnis we were watching on film - you don't use a baton either.
37. We were the baton in a relay race to war.
38. His leather briefcase contained scores and a baton, but no sun block.
39. She was running down Duke Street, away from the baton charge, when she was arrested.
40. Martin, arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson's head.
41. It was left to the capital's campuses to take up the baton.
42. On Wednesday, he was in the custody of federal authorities in Baton Rouge.
43. The General tucked the baton under his armpit and clapped his hands softly as the small orchestra walked through his study.
44. There was a hostile crowd and to save himself and prevent Sweeney from escaping, Rose hit him twice with his baton.
45. Not the tapping baton of Conductor Richard Armstrong-although his powers over an able orchestra become evident soon enough.
46. In the 4x200 meter relay,[sentencedict.com] he took the baton trailing two other anchors by 12 meters.
47. Have you requested extra baton training for her?
48. He nearly drops the Baton at changeover.
49. With his baton the conductor was beating time.
50. I always wanted to be a baton twirler.
51. The police made a baton charge.
52. They threatened to baton him to death.
53. The drum majorette twirled her baton.
54. Clarence in Baton Rouge Cajun and radio programs Zydeco.
55. Bantam Lyons'yellow blacknailed fingers unrolled the baton.
56. I didn't know you were a baton twirler.
57. A baton twirler led the brass band.
58. With the baton the conductor was beating time.
59. Its front page depicted Johnson's Olympic flag waving antics with the headline "Don't drop the baton Boris!"
60. He once again raised his baton and brought in the brass.