GRE Vocabulary - baton

baton - hollow metal rod with bulge at the end(s) that is flourished, twirled by the drum majorette or major

baton - official staff borne as a symbol of office or authority or as a weapon, often carried along with uniform

baton - slender rod by which leader/conductor directs the band and indicates the musical beat by vertical and horizontal motion

baton - hollow cylinder carried by each member of the relay team and passed on to the next