0 present participle of bleat
1 When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the typical sound of these animals.
A much simpler and more reliable solution than the unfortunate 'bleating lamb' effect that comes from attempting single-note trills on the vowels!
These are, however counterbalanced by feminine rituals meant to reduce the husband, through occult means, to the position of a bleating sheep meekly obeying the wife.
As the bleating goat tied to a tree attracts the tiger, so will the convoys attract the enemy submarines and aircraft.
Yet today at least three of them have been bleating and asking to find such a middle way.
It is no use squealing or bleating about mcas or more subsidies.
The ventilator shafts were stuffed with sheep fleeces, and a few bleating sheep were put in the front of the lorry.
He is bleating on about diseased animals, but the vast majority of those casualties are healthy animals that suffer from accidents.
What we did hear was a lot of bleating on the subject of local authorities.