baton

baton has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
• n.. An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
• n.. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
• n.. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
• n.. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
• n.. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
• n.. a short stout club used primarily by policemen