batonEnglishOxford English Thesaurusbaton noun 1 the conductor stopped the orchestra with a tap of his baton: stick, rod, staff, wand, bar. 2 riot policemen swinging batons: truncheon, club, cudgel, bludgeon, stick, bat, mace; North American nightstick, blackjack; in Ireland shillelagh; British, informal cosh.baton Oxford Dictionary of English