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Definition: BAH |
BAHInterjection1. An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt. |
Date "BAH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Multilingual Slang | Dutch (gadverdamme). (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: This is an abreviation that isn't always used, though has been in the military's vocabulary since off-base housing has been available. Definition: Stands for: Base allowance for housing.If you live off base in a house or an apartment, the Air Force gives you more money, than if you lived on the base or in the dorms. The money isn't given to you; it is directly put into a fund that you can't get into. Context: You could use this anytime you were talking about housing on or off base. Social Source: US Air Force Jargon. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BAH | English | Booz,Allen and Hamilton | N/A |
BAH | German | Bahama-Inseln | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contempt | Interjection: a fig for; (unimportant); bah! never mind! away with! hang it! fiddlededee! |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BAH |
| English words defined with "BAH": Pah, Poh. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BAH" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (well), Dutch (bah, nuts, pooh), German (pooh), Indonesian (flooding, inundation), Italian (bah), Portuguese (nuts, pooh), Romanian (pooh), Serbo-Croatian (bach), Spanish (bah, pooh, pshaw). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sis boom bah! (The Band Wagon; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) Bah Dum bum ching. (St. Elmo's Fire; writing credit: Joel Schumacher; Carl Kurlander) Bah! He ain't my leader, I've got my own way of taking banks. (Dillinger; writing credit: John Milius) I'll see you reach the Wizard, whether I get a heart or not. Beehive, bah! Let her try and make a beehive out of me! (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley) Bah weep granah weep ninni bong! (The Transformers: The Movie; writing credit: Ron Friedman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Cats Bah (1954) Bah Wilderness (1943) Zis Boom Bah (1941) Bah! (2001) Agung bah kut teh (1997) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Bah! he kicked, he threw everybody off. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Bah! he had done well to leave the room in disdain. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | Only Bah Mamadou, who was injured, arrested, and handed over to police, was released on July 27. On August 23, security forces in Baouake used tear gas and truncheons to disperse demonstrators from the FESCI; the authorities arrested 20 students and injured seriously 10 others. (references) |
Political Rights | Guinea | According to the Government's tabulation of results, President Conte was elected to a second 5-year term, receiving 56 percent of the 2.7 million votes cast, while Bah Mamadou of the Union pour la Nouvelle Republique received 25 percent, and Alpha Conde of the RPG received 17 percent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BAH" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BAH" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 100% | 27 | 66,962 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BAH" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bah | Last name | 100 | 75,280 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BAH": Bah-reah. | |
Ending with "BAH": pooh-bah. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bah | 248 |
bah rate | 163 |
bah military | 46 |
bah navy | 21 |
bah military rate | 18 |
army bah | 15 |
bah navy rate | 8 |
alice bah | 8 |
bah ka | 8 |
bah calculator | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BAH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | bah (nuts, pooh). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ba (nuts, pooh). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tvætl (nuts, pooh). (various references) | |
Farsi | علامت تعجب حاکی ازاهانت وتحقیر, به (Against, At, In, Into, Oh, On, Quince). (various references) | |
Italian | bah. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ahbay.(various references) | |
Spanish | bah (pooh, pshaw). (various references) | |
Thai | คำอุทานแส"งความรังเกียจหรือ"ูถูก. (various references) | |
Turkish | tu. (various references) | |
Ukranian | казна-що (ballyhoo, skittles, trumpery). (various references) | |
Welsh | pw (pooh). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BAH": bahadur, bahadurs, baht, bahts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BAH": casbah, djellabah, goombah, jubbah, kasbah, mastabah, shibah, subah. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BAH": autobahn, autobahnen, autobahns, casbahs, djellabahs, goombahs, jubbahs, kasbahs, mastabahs, shibahs, subahdar, subahdars, subahs. (additional references) | |
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"BAH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaahh, aah, aahh, abah, abh, Abihu, abv, ahh, baah, Badh, baf, Bagh, baghy, baha, bahg, bahhs, bahl, bahm, bahn, baho, Bahot, bahs, Bahu, baj, Bakha, Bakht, balh, bamh, Bamhl, bap, baph, baq, bau, bauh, Bayh, bca, bche, beh, behl, Behm, behr, bh, bhag, Bhai, bham, bhar, bhat, bhd, bhi, bhn, bhp, bht, biakh, Bih, biha, bihl, birh, bja, bjh, Blaha, Bohi, bohn, bohr, bpa, brah, buh, buhr, bva, bvaf, kah, lahh, mahh, Nahh, vah, wahh, zah. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ah": Ah, Hah, Jah, shah, Wah. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-h" | |
-1 letter: ab, ah, ba, ha. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-h" | |
+1 letter: bach, baht, bash, bath, blah, habu. | |
+2 letters: abash, abhor, abmho, abohm, bahts, baith, batch, bathe, baths, beach, bhang, bimah, blahs, bohea, brach, brash, habit, habus, obeah, rehab, sahib, subah. | |
+3 letters: abhors, ablush, abmhos, abohms, ambush, bached, baches, banish, barhop, bashaw, bashed, basher, bashes, bathed, bather, bathes, bathos, beachy, behalf, behave, behead, bertha, bhakta, bhakti, bhangs, bharal, bimahs, blanch, bleach, boheas, brachs, brahma, branch, brashy, breach, breath, broach, bugsha, buqsha, bushwa, bypath, casbah, chabuk, habile, habits, haboob, hagbut, harbor, hatbox, herbal, hubcap, jubbah, jubhah, kasbah, keblah, kiblah, mihrab, obeahs, phobia, rehabs, rhumba, sahibs, shabby, shibah, subahs. | |
+4 letters: abashed, abashes, abhenry, abolish, abought, abroach, absinth, adhibit, babiche, babyish, bacchic, bacchii, baching, backhoe, bahadur, baldish, banshee, banshie, barchan, barhops, bashaws, bashers, bashful, bashing, bashlyk, batched, batcher, batches, batfish, bathers, bathing, bathmat, bathtub, bathyal, beached, beaches, beamish, bearhug, bearish, beauish, bechalk, becharm, begorah, behaved, behaver, behaves, beheads, beneath, benthal, berthas, beshame, bethank, bhaktas, bhaktis, bharals, bighead, blather, boarish, bodhran, bohemia, bothria, bowhead, boxhaul, braches, brachet, brachia, brahmas, branchy, brasher, brashes, brashly, breadth, breathe, breaths, breathy, brecham, brechan, bugshas, buqshas, burghal, bushman, bushwah, bushwas, bypaths, casbahs, cashbox, chablis, chabouk, chabuks, chamber, cohabit, debauch, goombah, habitan, habitat, habited, habitue, habitus, haboobs, hackbut, hagborn, hagbush, hagbuts, halberd, halbert, halibut, hambone, hamburg, handbag, harbors, harbour, hatable, hatband, hauberk, hautboy, henbane, herbage, herbals, hewable, hibachi, hidable, hirable, hobnail, hogback, hubcaps, husband, hushaby, inhabit, isobath, jubbahs, jubhahs, kasbahs, keblahs, kiblahs, kurbash, maybush, mihrabs, phobias, rhabdom, rhubarb, rhumbas, sabbath, sambhar, sambhur, shamble, shebang, shebean, shibahs, subhead, sunbath, tarbush, washtub. | |
+5 letters: abashing, abhenrys, abhorred, abhorrer, abrachia, absinthe, absinths, adhibits, airbrush, alphabet, ambushed, ambusher, ambushes, amphibia, autobahn, babiches, babushka, babyhood, bacchant, bacchius, bachelor, backache, backchat, backhand, backhaul, backhoes, backlash, backrush, backwash, badmouth, baghouse, bahadurs, bairnish, bakeshop, bakshish, baldhead, ballhawk, ballyhoo, banished, banisher, banishes, banshees, banshies, barathea, barchans, barehead, barghest, barouche, bashlyks, basophil, batchers, batching, bathetic, bathless, bathmats, bathoses, bathrobe, bathroom, bathtubs, bauhinia, beachboy, beachier, beaching, bearhugs, bechalks, bechamel, bechance, becharms, bedchair, begorrah, behalves, behavers, behaving, behavior, beheaded, bequeath, berdache, beshadow, beshamed, beshames, bethanks, bethesda, biathlon, bigheads, billhead, biphasic, birdbath, birthday, blackish, blanched, blancher, blanches, blandish, blathers, bleached, bleacher, bleaches, bleakish, blowhard, bluehead, boarfish, boathook, bodhrans, bohemian, bohemias, bolthead, bonehead, boshvark, bowheads, boxhauls, brachets, brachial, brachium, brackish, brainish, branched, branches, branchia, brandish, brashest, brashier, brassish, brattish, breached, breacher, breaches, breadths, breathed, breather, breathes, brechams, brechans, broached, broacher, broaches, broadish, bronchia, brougham, brouhaha, bulkhead, bullhead, bushgoat, bushland, bushwahs, cabbalah, caboched, cabochon, caboshed, calabash, cashable, cashbook, chabouks, chambers, chambray, chapbook, chasuble, chewable, choriamb, chubasco, clubhand, clubhaul, cohabits, cohobate, dabchick, dahabeah, dahabiah, dahabieh, dahabiya, deathbed, dumbhead, eurybath, fahlband, fishable, footbath, galabieh, goombahs, habanera, habdalah, habitans, habitant, habitats, habiting, habitual, habitude, habitues, hackbuts, hagberry, hairball, hairband, halberds, halberts, halfback, halfbeak, halibuts, hamboned, hambones, hamburgs, handbags, handball, handbell, handbill, handbook, hangable, hangbird, harbored, harborer, harbours, hardback, hardball, hardboot, harebell, hatbands, hatboxes, hateable, hauberks, hautbois, hautboys, hawkbill, headband, healable, hearable, heatable, hebdomad, hebetate, hebraize, hecatomb, heelball, helpable, henbanes, herbages, herbaria, hibachis, hibernal, highball, hireable, hobnails, hogbacks, holdable, holdback, hoofbeat, hornbeam, huggable, hummable, humpback, huntable, husbands, inhabits, isobaths, johnboat, kabbalah, kohlrabi, mastabah, matchbox, memsahib, mothball, nabobish, obeahism, philabeg, pushball, rebranch, rehabbed, rehabber, rehoboam, rhabdome, rhabdoms, rheobase, rhizobia, rhubarbs, rhumbaed, roorbach, sabbaths, saltbush, sambhars, sambhurs, seabeach, shabbier, shabbily, shadblow, shadbush, shagbark, shakable, shamable, shambled, shambles, shapable, sharable, shavable, shebangs, shebeans, shedable, showable, showboat, stablish, subahdar, subgraph, subheads, subhuman, subphase, subphyla, subshaft, sunbathe, sunbaths, tarboosh, thebaine, tithable, tribrach, unbathed, washable, washbowl, washtubs, whizbang. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 48 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363542 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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