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baak high

adjectiveemotion

Extremely excited and eagerly agitated

Extremely excited or worked up; in a state of high, eager agitation.

Example in use

He's baak high aboot the new boat.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/BAAK-hy/

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Origin & context

scotscurrenthumorous

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