A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

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

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

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

(heraldry) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.

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

To strike with a baton.