baton

/ˈbætən/

/bəˈtɑːn/ noun [C]

Definition

STICK › a thin stick used to control the rhythm of a group of musicians

POLICE › a thick stick that a police officer uses as a weapon

RACE › a stick that a runner passes to the next person in a race

(Definition of baton noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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