Bleat vs Bleaty - What's the difference?
bleat | bleaty |
Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
(informal) Of a person, to complain.
Having a bleating sound.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 11, author=Anne Midgette, title=What a Cold Little Hand, but What Warm Tones, work=New York Times
, passage=The problem is that these two attributes seem to belong to two different voices: the top was altogether less satisfying than the bottom, and at the point at which they meet, his sound was dangerously bleaty . }}
As a noun bleat
is the characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.As a verb bleat
is of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.As an adjective bleaty is
having a bleating sound.bleat
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Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Synonyms
* (sheep's cry ) baa, baaing, bleatingVerb
(en verb)- The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.
Synonyms
* (1): baa * (2): kvetch (US''), moan, whinge (''British ), whineAnagrams
* * * ----bleaty
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Adjective
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