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bah

intj
/bæ/UK/bɑː/UK

Etymology

Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.

  1. borrowed from bah

Definitions

  1. 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!”

  2. Alternative spelling of baa.

  3. Alternative spelling of ba.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA