badine

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Noun

 * 1) switch (stick)
 * 2) a small bendy walking stick, walking cane
 * 3) tong (to use in a fireplace)

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to joke
 * 2) to trick, wind up