ba

noun

1. (Egyptian)A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.

   “Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience.”

   “But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.”

2. (colloquial, singular-normally)Father, baba.
3. (historical, singular-normally, uncountable)A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.

   “The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, singular-normally)Abbreviation of bathroom.

   “2 beds, 1 ba”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of business analyst.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of breast augmentation.
8. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Basic Authentication.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of bathroom.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of bongkrek acid.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of breathing apparatus.
12. (Japan, abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)

particle

1. (Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally)Used to indicate a tentative suggestion.

   “I think you should go see a doctor ba.”

2. (Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally)Used to indicate confident speculation.

   “rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...”

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of British Airways.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).
4. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil.
6. A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, initialism)Initialism of bad-ass.