1. имя существительное 1) жезл Синоним(ы): rod, wand 2) дирижёрская палочка 3) [спорт] эстафетная палочка 4) полицейская дубинка Например: The police and troops baton-charged, and running battles with the demonstrators took place over a wide area. — На большой территории силы полиции и отряды, вооруженные дубинками, вступали в борьбу с демонстрантами. 2. глагол бить дубинкой (о полицейском) Например: If they did not leave peaceably, they would be batoned by the police. — Если они не разойдутся мирно, полиция пустит в ход дубинки.
noun Etymology: French bâton, from Old French baston, ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick 1. cudgel, truncheon; specifically billy club 2. a staff borne as a symbol of office 3. a narrow heraldic bend 4. a slender rod with which a leader directs a band or orchestra 5. a hollow cylinder carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the succeeding runner 6. a hollow metal rod with a weighted bulb at one or both ends that is flourished or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette