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Language: Old English
Origin: blætan

bleat

 verb
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds, Animals
bleat [intransitive]
1HBAC to make the sound that a sheep or goat makes
2 informal to complain in a silly or annoying way:
'But I've only just got here,' bleated Simon.
—bleat noun [countable]
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