Definition of: bleat

(blēt) noun
The cry of the sheep, goat, or calf; also, any sound resembling it.
—v.i.
1. To cry, as a sheep or goat.
2. To speak with such a sound, as with fear or in complaint.
—v.t.
3. To utter with the sound of a bleat.
4. To babble foolishly; prate. [OE blætan]
—bleat′er noun
—bleat′ing adjective
—bleat′·ing·ly adverb