Baa

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  • intransitive verb. To make a bleating sound, as a sheep or goat.
  • noun. The bleat of a sheep or goat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The cry or bleating of a sheep or lamb.
  • To cry or bleat as a sheep.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
  • interjection. The characteristic cry of a sheep.
  • verb. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cry plaintively
  • noun. the cry made by sheep
  • Word Usage
    "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!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cry  emit  let loose  let out  utter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Koo  effectsof  fallor  foamgel  gordoni  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blea  bleat  bleating  
    verb-form
    baaed  baaing  baas