bleat(n = noun.event) - the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this);
is a kind of cry
Derived form verb bleat₂

1.  bleat(v = verb.communication) - talk whiningly;
is one way to complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  bleat(v = verb.communication) baa, blat, blate - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
is one way to emit, let loose, let out, utter
Derived form noun bleat₁
Sample sentences: You can hear animals bleat in the meadows; The meadows bleat with animals

   To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. [1913 Webster]
"Then suddenly was heard along the main,
To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train." [1913 Webster]
"The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats." [1913 Webster]

   A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. [1913 Webster]
"The bleat of fleecy sheep." [1913 Webster]

bleat, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a weak, wavering cry.
2 intr. & tr. (often foll. by out) speak or say feebly, foolishly, or plaintively.
--n.
1 the sound made by a sheep, goat, etc.
2 a weak, plaintive, or foolish cry.

Derivative:
bleater n. bleatingly adv.

Etymology:
OE bl{aelig}tan (imit.)

VB  cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat, low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.