different between baton vs bludgeon

English

Alternative forms

• bâton

Etymology

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?t??n, IPA^(key): /?bæt?n/
• (US) enPR: b?tän?, IPA^(key): /b??t?n/

Noun

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes

3. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
4. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
5. (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).

   Synonyms: billy club, nightstick

6. (heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
7. (heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
8. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.

Derived terms

• batonic

Translations

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

1. To strike with a baton.

Translations

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
• The Observer's Book of Heraldry, by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, page 58.

Further reading

• baton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Baton in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Botan, tabon

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Esperanto

Noun

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

Hiligaynon

Verb

báton

1. accept, get, receive

Japanese

Romanization

baton

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Louisiana Creole French

Alternative forms

• matan
• batan

Etymology

From French bâton (“stick”).

Noun

baton

1. stick
2. stalk
3. rod, pole
4. cane, walking stick

References

• Albert Valdman; Thomas A. Klinger; Margaret M. Marshall; Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, ?ISBN, page 64

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Polish

Etymology

From French bâton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.t?n/

Noun

baton m inan (diminutive batonik)

1. candy bar

Declension

Further reading

• baton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?ton/

Noun

baton n (plural batoane)

1. bar, stick

Declension

Further reading

• baton in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tetum

Noun

batón

1. lipstick

English

Etymology

First attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of Cornish origin (recorded as blogon c. 1450) or from Middle French bougeon, a diminutive of bouge (“club, stick”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bl?d?.?n/
• Rhymes: -?d??n

Noun

bludgeon (plural bludgeons)

1. A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

   We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

Translations

See also

• truncheon

Verb

bludgeon (third-person singular simple present bludgeons, present participle bludgeoning, simple past and past participle bludgeoned)

1. (transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
2. (transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

   Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.

Synonyms

• (to club): cudgel
• (coerce): harass, pummel

Derived terms

• bludgeoner

Related terms

• clobber
• beat

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bludgeon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary