Nearby Words
baton [buh-ton, ba-, bat-n] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
baton [buh-ton, ba-, bat-n]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stick used for conducting or for protection
Synonyms: billy, billy club, blackjack, club, cudgel, mace, nightstick, rod, staff, truncheon, wand
Main Entry: night stick
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: police baton
Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, blackjack, cudgel, police officer's club, shillelagh
Main Entry: rod
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bar, pole
Synonyms: baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand
Example Sentences
  • In fact, a baton seems to be dancing and twinkling up along her forearm and back down again to her hand even as she speaks.
  • Elsewhere, it will happen only if vigorous private domestic demand picks up the baton from government stimulus.
  • He grabs a baton that he ignites at both ends, then twirls.
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Main Entry: stick
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pole, often wooden
Synonyms: bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge
Main Entry: wand
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rod
Synonyms: baton, caduceus, scepter, sprig, staff, stick, twig
Main Entry: weapon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arm, armament
Synonyms: ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, crossbow, cudgel, cutlass, dagger, dart, dirk, firearm, flamethrower, gun, harpoon, hatchet, howitzer, hunting knife, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nunchaku, pistol, revolver, rifle, saber, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, spear, spike, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tear gas
Main Entry: billy club
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: police officer's club
Synonyms: baton, cudgel, night stick, police baton
Main Entry: mace
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weapon
Synonyms: baton, club, mallet, rod, spice, staff
Main Entry: truncheon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weapon
Synonyms: bat, baton, bludgeon, stick
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