Bleat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
verb (used with object)
  1. to give forth with or as if with a bleat: He bleated his objections in a helpless rage.
  2. to babble; prate.
noun
  1. the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
  2. any similar sound: the bleat of distant horns.
  3. foolish, complaining talk; babble: I listened to their inane bleat all evening.
verb
  1. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) to utter its characteristic plaintive cry
  2. to speak with any similar sound
  3. to whine; whimper
noun
  1. the characteristic cry of sheep, goats, and young calves
  2. any sound similar to this
  3. a weak complaint or whine
Bleat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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