• Bleating

    Verb

    1. Present participle of bleat

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    Noun

    bleating

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