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baa

baa

18 7.0
A short sound made by a sheep or lamb
  • noun
  • /bɑː/
translation icon : balido
  • The little lamb happily responded with a baa as it saw its mother.
  • Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Examples

  • All of this was added to the expected barnyard whinnies, barks, and baas.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?

    Possession (1981)

  • They baa, all you hear is, "Baa, baa, baa."

    Just Go with It (2011)

  • Some will say "Twinkle," others "The ABC Song" or "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."

    Academic text (1990)

  • ♪ Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

    A Few Best Men (2011)

  • Baa, ram, ewe.

    Babe (1995)

  • When you hear a sheep, it often makes a sound like baa.

  • During the farm visit, the children giggled each time they heard a baa from the sheep.

Synonyms

bleat
vsbaa
5 6.0

A short, high sound a sheep or goat makes

refers to the written form for a sheep or lamb's cry specifically

Compounds

baa-lamb
  • Baby Talk
9.9

A children's word for a young sheep used when talking to it

Surface Forms

baa singular
baas plural

Etymology

Baa is a word that simply copies the noise a sheep makes, so people used that sound to name the animal's cry. So a baa is the 'sound' or 'cry' of a sheep or lamb.