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bleat (v.)
"make a sound like a sheep, goat, or calf," Middle Englishbleten, from Old English blætan, from West Germanic *bhle- (source also of Dutch blaten "to bleat"), of imitative origin (compare Greek blekhe "a bleating; the wailing of children," Old Church Slavonic blejat "to bleat," Latin flere "to weep"). Related: Bleated; bleating.
bleat (n.)
"the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf," c. 1500, from bleat (v.).
updated on October 14, 2022
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