bleat
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
bleater
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a word derived from
bleat.
Example Sentences
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The bleater instruction sheet suggests that the hunter render the fiep with "trembling hands," then promptly swing his gun to his shoulder and brace himself for the charge of a romantic roebuck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Properly manipulated, the bleater emits a "pia" like the cry of a newborn roe; it also trills a realistic "fiep," simulating the call of a doe in rut.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most effective device, the bleater, is a small rubber squeezer, ball-shaped and equipped with stops.
From Time Magazine Archive
I've fired away all my cartridges, and we haven't nailed a single bleater.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman
A bit of a pop-eyed bleater, but on the whole clean and civil, and certainly most informative about newts.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
