Baton vs. Nightstick

Batonnoun

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes

Batonnoun

(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

Batonnoun

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

Batonnoun

(US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon UK.

Batonnoun

(heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).

Batonnoun

(heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.

Batonnoun

A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.

Batonverb

To strike with a baton.

Batonnoun

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

Batonnoun

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.

Batonnoun

a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra

Batonnoun

an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race

Nightsticknoun

A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security people, for use in self-defense.

Nightsticknoun

A policeman's club.

Nightsticknoun

a short stout club used primarily by policemen