baa

Other forms of baa

plural

baas·

past tense

baaed·

present participle

baaing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baa

What does baa mean?

baa means "the cry made by sheep". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baa?

baa has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌbiˌeɪˈeɪ/.

What is another word for baa?

Close synonyms include bleat, blate, blat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baa a common word?

baa is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with baa?

16 words rhyme with baa. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.