noun
- the cry made by a sheep or goat
- weak or annoying complaining
Usage: informal
verb
- making the cry of a sheep or goat
- complaining in a weak or annoying way
Usage: informal
Examples
- The sheep were bleating loudly in the field.
- We could hear the goats bleating from across the farm.
- Stop bleating about the weather and put on a coat.
- The constant bleating of the lambs kept us awake.
- His bleating about unfair treatment annoyed everyone.
- The mother sheep responded to her lamb’s bleating.
- She was tired of his endless bleating about work.