baa

C2 Topic:Animals
US /bæ/ UK /bɑː/
verb noun intj Freq #19575

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to make the characteristic bleating sound of a sheep or goat

    The hungry lamb began to baa at the gate.

  2. 2
    noun

    the characteristic bleating cry of a sheep or goat

    A faint baa came from the far end of the field.

  3. 3
    intj

    used to represent the cry of a sheep or goat

    The child pointed at the sheep and called, ‘baa!’

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to make the characteristic... bleat
2 noun · the characteristic bleating... bleat
Word family
Related forms bleating

Etymology

An imitative word representing the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat.

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