baa
- to make the sound of a sheep; bleat.
- the bleating cry of a sheep.
Origin of baa
B.A.A.
- Bachelor of Applied Arts.
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Contemporary Examples of baa
We are here in full support of our close friends at the BAA.
As a result, the BAA became a prized, highly profitable business, much admired beyond the U.K.
BAA is majority owned by the Spanish company Ferrovial, which has a record of negligence.
Historical Examples of baa
At last the third day also passed, and the fisherman had not even said baa.
Roumanian Fairy TalesVarious
When he called "Nanny" it answered him instantly with a plaintive "Baa!"
A Boy's TownW. D. Howells
So they treat you like a fool, and you put up with it and baa after them!
Pelle the Conqueror, CompleteMartin Anderson Nexo
But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardly—baa, baa, baa.
Crome YellowAldous Huxley
I would like to baa at him again, but I dare not with all these foreign folk.
By What Authority?Robert Hugh Benson
baa
- (intr) to make the cry of a sheep; bleat
- the cry made by sheep
BAA
- the main airports operator in the United Kingdom; until privatization in 1987, an abbreviation for British Airports Authority
Word Origin and History for baa
imitative sound of a sheep, attested from 1580s, but probably older, as baa is recorded before this a name for a child's toy sheep.