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Definition of baa in English: baaverbbaas, baaed, baaing bɑːbɑ [no object](of a sheep or lamb) bleat. Example sentencesExamples - We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells, tho’ see them we could not.
- The expanse of the valley was dotted with many white dots, and a black one here and there, dots that hopped around from time to time and baaed continuously.
- Meanwhile, they were peering through the fence, baaing.
- With that, he smiled, closed his eyes, and then he sank into a deep sleep, unconscious of the sheep in the next field baaing for their breakfast.
- Cattle and sheep started to roam languidly towards the hill slopes where they grazed, mooing and baaing.
- They long to be part of the crowd, one of the guys, to baa with the sheep and swing with the other monkeys.
- However, when a person who is exhibiting sheep at the county fair calls out as he or she enters the barn where there are many pens of sheep, only her or his sheep will baa.
nounPlural baas bɑːbɑ The cry of a sheep or lamb. loud baas fill the air in the springtime Example sentencesExamples - When she was a lamb she baaed at everything, a very distinctive baa.
- Koopa arrives with the letter, but hears moans and baas from the shed.
- Aside from the occasional lazy baa of an unseen sheep, you could be the only person on earth.
- Not doing much to dispel their clown reputation, this tune includes a bird tweeting and a sheep's baa!
Origin Early 16th century: imitative. Rhymes aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah Definition of baa in US English: baaverbbɑbä [no object](of a sheep or lamb) bleat. Example sentencesExamples - With that, he smiled, closed his eyes, and then he sank into a deep sleep, unconscious of the sheep in the next field baaing for their breakfast.
- However, when a person who is exhibiting sheep at the county fair calls out as he or she enters the barn where there are many pens of sheep, only her or his sheep will baa.
- The expanse of the valley was dotted with many white dots, and a black one here and there, dots that hopped around from time to time and baaed continuously.
- Cattle and sheep started to roam languidly towards the hill slopes where they grazed, mooing and baaing.
- Meanwhile, they were peering through the fence, baaing.
- They long to be part of the crowd, one of the guys, to baa with the sheep and swing with the other monkeys.
- We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells, tho’ see them we could not.
nounbɑbä The cry of a sheep or lamb. loud baas fill the air in the springtime Example sentencesExamples - Koopa arrives with the letter, but hears moans and baas from the shed.
- Aside from the occasional lazy baa of an unseen sheep, you could be the only person on earth.
- When she was a lamb she baaed at everything, a very distinctive baa.
- Not doing much to dispel their clown reputation, this tune includes a bird tweeting and a sheep's baa!
Origin Early 16th century: imitative. |