Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make a bleating sound, as a sheep or goat.
- noun The bleat of a sheep or goat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cry or bleat as a sheep.
- noun The cry or bleating of a sheep or lamb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
- intransitive verb To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun onomatopoeia The
characteristic cry orbleating of asheep . - interjection onomatopoeia, humorous The
characteristic cry of asheep . - verb To make the characteristic
cry of asheep .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cry plaintively
- noun the cry made by sheep
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mr. _Osmore_ stated his complaint, and the president of our committee replied, and stated ours; and among other things, observed that the word "_baa_," had no more meaning than a thousand other senseless cries, uttering constantly from the throats of idle, thoughtless boys; and begged Mr. Osmore to explain how such an unmeaning sound could be construed into an insult to him; that if he and his officers should cry _baa! baa! baa!
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But then a gang of young, over-enthusiastic woollies with protectionist leanings aka baa-aad lambs get wind of the secret negotiations.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » First Contact Negotiations Go Horribly Wrong! 2010
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That, however, is another sect known as baa-baa yoga.
Mark C. Miller: Power Yoga: When You're Fit, Life is Sweat 2010
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That, however, is another sect known as baa-baa yoga.
Mark C. Miller: Power Yoga: When You're Fit, Life is Sweat 2010
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Upper Egyptians eat a bread called bittaw, straight from its ancient name baa tw.
unknown title 2009
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It's rather tiresome that they don't get it, but the Heroine of Tuzla is egging them on in this and they are good little clintonistas and say "baa" and trot right along.
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They could perhaps be trained to make lively, cheerful song and dance numbers in a kind of baa-llywood stylee.
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Telegraph | News | Year-long probe to find council heckler: It has taken more than 12 months and cost about 10,000 pounds, but a council is finally on the verge of discovering the identity of a man who kept saying 'baa' during a planning meeting.
Archive 2006-10-15 Bill Crider 2006
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Telegraph | News | Year-long probe to find council heckler: It has taken more than 12 months and cost about 10,000 pounds, but a council is finally on the verge of discovering the identity of a man who kept saying 'baa' during a planning meeting.
It's Comforting to Know . . . Bill Crider 2006
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However all the sudden the little 'baa'ing is becoming quite deafening ... can't blame a girl for expecting a reenactment of 1984 at any moment.
rainandfire Diary Entry rainandfire 2001
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