bah

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/bæ/

intj 2name 2noun 1particle 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, omid

VERB + BAH

am, color, cracking, ejaculated

BAH + NOUN

', beauty, devotion, faith, humbug, people, s, scrooge

PREP.

down, on

ADV.

simply, specifically

Definitions

intj

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.

noun

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.

intj

Alternative spelling of baa.

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Idioms & Phrases

bah humbug

Expressing cynicism, disillusionment or distrustfulness; and specifically a dislike of Christmas and its celebrations and festivities.

Honor!—bah! humbug! Patriotism!—pshaw! / Are we to be bamboozled by such guys?

Example Bank

"To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

“Bah!” cried the woman. “My husband will know!”

Wiktionary

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

Tatoeba · #2149558

"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"

Tatoeba · #3712680

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bah is marked as humorous, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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