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bleat

[bleet]
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
–verb (used with object)
2. to give forth with or as if with a bleat: He bleated his objections in a helpless rage.
3. to babble; prate.
–noun
4. the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
5. any similar sound: the bleat of distant horns.
6. foolish, complaining talk; babble: I listened to their inane bleat all evening.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bleten, OE blǣtan; c. D blaten, OHG blāzen; akin to L flēre to weep


bleater, noun
bleat⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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bleat 
O.E. blætan, common W.Gmc., of imitative origin (cf. Gk. blekhe, O.C.S. blejat).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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