bleating

A noise that bleats.

Noun

  1. A noise that bleats.
    • And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? - 1611, The Bible, 1 Samuel 15:14:
  2. Inane or plaintive chatter.
    • Both men seemed to enjoy these contests, always laced with the tension caused by constant government bleating about the ABC's left-wing bias. - 2008, Wayne Errington, Peter Van Onselen, John Winston Howard: The...

Forms

bleatings

Derived

bleatingly

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of bleat