bleat
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- noun
- /blit/
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- In the quiet of the evening, the distinct bleat of a goat echoed through the valley.
- doe bleat
- lamb bleats
- bleat of a goat
Examples
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Entering the Narrows at Saint John, the touching bleat of goats reached our ship.
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The mews turned to bleats, and her mouth began to quiver.
Fiction book (1996) -
In her dreams, Peg will be just a wee thing again, crying that little lamb's bleat of a cry.
Fiction book (1998) -
All she could hear was the traffic on Park, peppered by the inevitable bleat of taxi horns.
Fiction book (1992) -
Periodically, Lindsey heard a strange and distant cry, the mournful bleat of some great, mysterious beast.
Fiction book (1992) -
The ewes' high-pitched unnatural bleats quickened as though they were out of breath, but they did not move.
Fiction book (1999) -
As we hiked through the fields, we could hear the soft bleat of the sheep grazing nearby.
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The farmer smiled as he picked up the lamb, hearing its gentle bleat for the first time.
Synonyms
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A short sound made by a sheep or lamb
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bleat is an imitation of the sound a sheep or goat makes, like 'baa' or a thin, wavering cry. So a bleat is the animal's cry.