Music . a wand used by a conductor.

a rod of lightweight metal fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorette.

Track . a hollow rod of wood, paper, or plastic that is passed during a race from one member of a relay team to the next in a prescribed area.

a staff, club, or truncheon, esp. one serving as a mark of office or authority.

Heraldry .

a diminutive of the bend sinister, couped at the extremities

used in England as a mark of bastardy.

a similar diminutive of the ordinary bend.

noun

billy , billy club , blackjack , club , cudgel , mace , nightstick , rod , staff , truncheon , wand , bend , bourdon , scepter , sceptre , stick