- baa
- 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.
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baa — [ ba ] verb intransitive to make the sound that a sheep makes ╾ baa noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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