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Crying plaintively; Uttering the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Noun : the bleat of distant horns. ,I listened to their inane bleat all evening
  • So your phony “feel sorry for me” bleating is illogical.
  • The thing that has annoyed me most this week is the bleating from the eternal flames.
  • This is why despite the usual Weimarish bleating from the Lib Dems Northern Rock will not be nationalised.
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