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Definition of bleating : 1. Crying as a sheep does.
2. of Bleat
3. The cry of, or as of, a sheep.

Synonyms:

crying, chirping, calling, squawking, chattering, honking, braying, grunting, neighing, quacking, mooing, squealing, gobbling, yelping, growling, hooting, bellowing, baying, clucking, snarling, snorting, cooing, purring, whinnying, howling, cuckooing, trilling, twitting, ululating, cawing, meowing, warbling, roaring, mewing, bawling, cackling, crowing, barking

Usage examples:

• After some time the messenger rose and left; and those who were in the inn thought they heard a strange noise in the parlour- a bleating like a calf's. - "Emily Brontë", A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson.
• And if you think you can come to me bleating like a sore wronged and innocent lamb, you are far mistaken! - "The Dew of Their Youth", S. R. Crockett.
• At this instant the music paused, Susan heard the bleating of a lamb, and scarcely daring to believe her senses, she pressed eagerly forward, and beheld poor Daisy! - "The Parent's Assistant", Maria Edgeworth.