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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.
bah²
- /bɑː/ UK
Sounds like baa, bar (in some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ɑː
noun bahs · baa
- 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
bah³
particle
- Alternative spelling of ba.ba.
BAH⁴
proper noun
- 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
- A surname.