Definition of "baa"

baa¹

noun
plural baas
1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
interjection
1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.
verb
third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed
1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
  Quotations
  He treble baas for help, but none can get.
  a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912,
  The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly.
  1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44