bleat
bleat / blēt/ • v. [intr.] (of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a characteristic wavering cry: the lamb was bleating weakly. [as n.] (bleating) the silence was broken by the plaintive bleating of sheep. ∎ speak or complain in a weak, querulous, or foolish way: he bleated incoherently about the report.• n. [in sing.] the wavering cry made by a sheep, goat, or calf: the distant bleat of sheep in the field. ∎ a person's plaintive cry: his despairing bleat touched her heart. ∎ inf. a complaint: they're hoping that I'll bow to their idiotic arrangements without a bleat.
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