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bah¹

  • /bæ/ UK
  • /bɑː/ UK

Sounds like baa, bar (in some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -æ, -ɑː

Where it comes from

Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.

interjection baugh

  1. humorous, sometimes Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper. "To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor.

Similar: bah, blech, bleck, faugh, faw, foh, fough, gaw, harumph, pah, pfaugh, pfui

bah²

  • /bɑː/ UK

Sounds like baa, bar (in some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ɑː

noun bahs · baa

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of baa.baa `There, cut his throat quick. Where is the saucer?' `The Goat! the Goat! the Goat! Give me the blood of my black goat! I must have it, don't you see I must have it? Oh! oh! oh! give me the blood of the goat.' At this moment a terrified bah! announced that the poor goat had been sacrificed, and the n

interjection baa

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of baa.baa

Similar: bah, blech, bleck, faugh, faw, foh, fough, gaw, harumph, pah, pfaugh, pfui

bah³

particle

  1. Manglish, Singlish, alternative Alternative spelling of ba.ba.

BAH⁴

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Basic Allowance for Housing.Basic Allowance for Housing One user mouthed along to lines from the 2005 Gulf war drama Jarhead about being “dumb enough” to sign a military contract. “All that for BAH,” she wrote in the caption, referring to the housing allowance given to service people.

Bah⁵

proper noun Bahs

  1. A surname.

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