bleating
nounUS /ˈblitɪŋ/ · /ˈbliːtɪŋ/
1
A noise that bleats.
- And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?1611, The Bible, 1 Samuel 15:14:
2
Inane or plaintive chatter.
- Both men seemed to enjoy these contests, always laced with the tension caused by constant government bleating about the ABC's left-wing bias.2008, Wayne Errington, Peter Van Onselen, John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography, page 317:
- Derived terms
- bleatingly