baaing

Making sheep sounds

Baaing is the bleating sound made by sheep or goats—a drawn-out, nasal vocalization.

The word imitates the animal's cry: The baaing of lambs filled the meadow.

Sometimes used figuratively for mindless conformity: The crowd kept baaing their approval.

vocalization

bleat

Sheep's wavering cry

ram · ovine · cry · call · sound · mewl · lowing · mooing · neigh · bray

flock

sheep

Woolly farm animal

wool · lamb · ewe · ram · shepherd · pasture · barnyard · ovine · mutton · shearing

pastoral

shepherd

One who tends flocks

bucolic · serenity · pastureland · farmland · rustic · verdant · hillside · rolling hills · sheepdog · crook

innocence

lamb

Juvenile sheep

  • gentleSoft and kind
  • pureUnmixed, without impurities
  • naiveInnocently unsuspecting

tender · childlike · angelic · guileless · meek · docile · harmless · soft · woolly · nursery rhyme

Categories
Opposites
animal vocalization type

baaingmooing

Bovine vocalization

barking · meowing · roaring · neighing · oinking

vocalization vs. silence

baaingsilencing

Stopping noise or dissent

quieting · hushing · muting

Family

baa, bleats, bleating, bleated

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G