bleat (bleats plural & 3rd person present) (bleating present participle) (bleated past tense & past participle )
1 verb When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make.
From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly. V
...a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs. V-ing
Bleat is also a noun., n-count
...the faint bleat of a distressed animal.
2 verb If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating., (disapproval)
(=whinge, whine)
They are always bleating about `unfair' foreign competition... V about n
Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong. V prep/adv, Also V that