baa (ba)

i. [Imitative of the sound. Cf. L. bee, the sound made by a sheep (Varro), L. balare, bleat, Gr. βληχή, Doric βλαχά, a bleating; G. bä, bleating, Cat. ating, Cat. be, a sheep, with similar forms in many languages.] To cry or bleat as a sheep. Like a lamb whose dam away is set He treble baas for help. Sir P. Sidney. baa (ba), n. [ baa , v .] The cry or bleating of a sheep or lamb.