<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>the club carried by a police officer; billy.</li><li>a staff representing an office or authority; baton.</li><li>the shattered shaft of a spear.</li><li>Obsolete. cudgel; bludgeon.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>Archaic. to beat with a club.</li></ul>