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bleat
[bleet]
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
verb (used with object)
to give forth with or as if with a bleat.
He bleated his objections in a helpless rage.
to babble; prate.
noun
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
any similar sound.
the bleat of distant horns.
foolish, complaining talk; babble.
I listened to their inane bleat all evening.
bleat
/ ː /
verb
(intr) (of a sheep, goat, or calf) to utter its characteristic plaintive cry
(intr) to speak with any similar sound
to whine; whimper
noun
the characteristic cry of sheep, goats, and young calves
any sound similar to this
a weak complaint or whine
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈپԲ noun
- ˈٱ noun
- bleater noun
- bleatingly adverb
- outbleat verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bleat1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bleat1
Example Sentences
He's out there every day now, bleating about "law and order" and defending the police as if he wasn't personally responsible for one of the worst attacks on law enforcement in American history.
A few scenes later, Eve shoots some other guy in the crotch and he bleats a funny little squeal.
This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.
Those juxtaposed scenes of bleating livestock and skinned carcasses still leave an impression, but they’re just one strand in a tapestry of threads, none of them given more importance than the others.
The air thrums with the din of destruction — giant excavators clanking against steel beams, trucks bleating out warning signals as they back into position, green organic material whooshing out of hoses onto finished sites.
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