baton

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A baton improves the odds, but it's still very risky.

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Quick take

a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of baton gathered in one view.

noun

a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

noun

a short stout club used primarily by policemen

noun

a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for baton.

noun

a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

noun

a short stout club used primarily by policemen

See also: truncheon, nightstick, billy, billystick

noun

a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

noun

a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

noun

a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

Example sentences

A baton improves the odds, but it's still very risky.

I then had two 200+ lb men sit on me, with one continuing to beat me with the baton.

Warhol didnt get it; he lifted and waved the mouse, as if it were a conductors baton.

"If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.

... if you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.

It seems that Dan Ingalls, the father of Smalltalk, has picked up the baton again, this time using Javascript.

Other users within the Django community need to take over the baton and build up the community.

I would hate to be the next company that does something socially unacceptable that gets the baton passed to them from Sony.

So easy to say "it would be better if someone with a better reputation picked up the baton," so difficult to actually quit your day job and do it yourself.

"Even though it might sound harsh and impolitic, here is the bottom line: if you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.

More importantly I think than some of the other responses, as I said, Light Table is picking up that baton and running with it to present even more interesting possibilities.

It's true that it's high time someone picked up the baton on the concepts they pushed, and I'm pumped to see that Light Table is picking up that baton and running with it to present even more interesting possibilities.