Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express disgust or irritation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah!
- noun In New Zealand, a fortified native or Maori camp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See
bah . - noun New Zealand. A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Used to express
distaste ,disgust oroutrage . - noun Dated form of
pa (Maori fort)
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Examples
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This they call pah-ha-zee-zee, and one who is so adorned is sure to please them.
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We're guessing with a sequence of embittered snorts, although perhaps he'll go up to a full-blown "pah" if the situation becomes serious enough.
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The best part was the layer upon layer of fresh, bright green onions, the "pah" part of the pah jun.
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The best part was the layer upon layer of fresh, bright green onions, the "pah" part of the pah jun.
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Anyway, then after that I got the faintest little stirrings of, "Oooh, I'm so excited, we're going to have a baby!!" and stopped feeling so "pah" about it like I had been.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003
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At one stage a considerable force of Maoris were beseiged in their fort, or "pah" as it is called by their people.
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At this moment a hundred Maories were assembled in the "pah," old men, full grown men, youths; the former were calm, but gloomy, awaiting the orders of Kai-Koumou; the others gave themselves up to the most violent sorrow, bewailing their parents and friends who had fallen in the late engagements.
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The captives, still strictly guarded, saw the funeral cortege leave the inner inclosure of the "pah"; then the chants and cries grew fainter.
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This house, with its back to the rock which closed the fortress, was only accessible by a long, narrow promontory which joined it in front to the plateau on which the "pah" was erected.
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Further off toward the "pah," the lava had reached a group of twenty huts, which were still smoking.
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