bah

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/bæ/(UK)
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/bæ/(UK) · /bɑː/(UK)

Definition of bah

6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (humorous, sometimes)Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
    “"To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor.”
    “This process being entirely inadequate to express the nature of his emotions he ejaculated "Bah!" and so gave Cripps to understand that he was now removed from consideration as a human being.”
    ““Bah!” cried the woman. “My husband will know!””
    “Templeton looked over the assembled servants speculatively, then shrugged. "Bah!" he said. "They're of no use to me. Come, Andrew, a word with you upstairs."”
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intj

  1. (humorous, sometimes)Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
    “"To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor.”
    “This process being entirely inadequate to express the nature of his emotions he ejaculated "Bah!" and so gave Cripps to understand that he was now removed from consideration as a human being.”
    ““Bah!” cried the woman. “My husband will know!””
    “Templeton looked over the assembled servants speculatively, then shrugged. "Bah!" he said. "They're of no use to me. Come, Andrew, a word with you upstairs."”
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of baa.

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of 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 next minute a woman ran up with a saucer full of blood.”

particle

  1. (Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of ba.

name

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of 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.”
  2. A surname.

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Etymology

Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.

Anagrams of bah

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2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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