bahs

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A form of bah — Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.

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Meanings

bahs1

noun
  1. pluralplural of bah

    Bah! Many bahs! The future or the past—pfui!

    1949, Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, The Worlds of If
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    And the gentlemen,--her preux chevaliers,--they were burning with other passions than those which had driven them to her knees, encountering a little more serious response than "bahs" and shrugs.

    1892, Grace E. King, Balcony Stories

bahs2

nounbahs (uncountable)
  1. pronunciation spellinguncountablePronunciation spelling of boss.

    As you walk down Bangkok's notorious Patpong Road ("Pussy open bottle show, bahs?"), you eventually come across Blu Jeans Country Bar--"Hangovers Installed and Serviced."

    1990 May 25, John Powers, “The Year of the Tourist”, in Chicago Reader
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    Wen de hinges creak an' cry, An' de bahs go slantin' down, You kin reckon dat hit's time Fu' to cas' yo' eye erroun', 'Cause daih ain't no 'sputin' dis, Hit's de trues' sign to show Dat daih 's cou'tin' goin' on Wen de ol' front gate sags low.

    1922, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Bahs3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Bah

Origin

See bah

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bashhabsshab
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APA

bahs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahs

MLA

“bahs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahs. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bahs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bahs.

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