bah

[ bah, ba ]

/ bɑ, bæ /

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interjection

(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance): Bah! Humbug!

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How to use bah in a sentence

Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone.
The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What is best for both sides is not a kum-bah-yah common-ground fest, but a better conflict.
The Illusory Promise of Apolitical Theology|David Sessions|June 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Finding that the wire fence would not yield she said "Bah-wah" and started in another direction.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
She is as rotten and ricketty as an old tub; and very little—Bah!
The Tiger Hunter|Mayne Reid

The general housework servant has already been referred to as a Pooh Bah in petticoats.
The Expert Maid-Servant|Cristine Terhune Herrick
"I ask him if he blease tell me vere I can get a picture of dot Bah, und he get madt right avay quvick," explained the Teuton.
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras|Marvin West
But even as the Tinkletown Pooh-Bah posed in restful supremacy there were rushing down upon him affairs of the epoch-making kind.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow|George Barr McCutcheon

British Dictionary definitions for bah

bah

/ (bɑː, bæ) /

interjection

an expression of contempt or disgust

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