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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
Derived Forms
- ˈپԲ, nounadjective
- ˈٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ noun
- iԲ· adverb
- dzܳb verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bleat1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bleat1
Example Sentences
Rhapsodizing about condiments to a ship of starving workers, Ylfa may as well bleat, “Let them eat ketchup!”
It featured several swipes at his perceived enemies and wild bleating cheers from his favorite sycophants.
Donald Trump's endless first-term bleating about crime and how he was the only one who could bring an end to it was always a joke.
In one number, Swinton, who goes glossy-eyed to show the cracks in her high-fashion veneer, poses in a transparent rain slicker while bleating raw, yowling noises that blend with the despairing strings.
“People don’t leave my rallies,” Trump bleated, insisting despite abundant proof to the contrary that his crowds are the biggest in American political history.
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