Crossword answer · 5 letters
Bleat definition and meaning
bleet · noun; verb
BLEAT
What does Bleat mean?
A bleat is the call of an animal such as a sheep or goat. To bleat is to make that sound or complain in a similar way.
What does BLEAT mean in a crossword?
BLEAT answers the reviewed clue “What you might hear when you get someone’s goat?.” The question mark converts an irritation idiom into a literal animal encounter.
Why is BLEAT useful to learn?
A pasture clue uses the animal sound; a criticism of someone's repeated complaints uses the figurative verb.
Common clue patterns
- A sheep's call
- Cry like a goat
- Complain plaintively
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
BLEAT is not BLEET, despite possible guesses from sound. BLEATS can be several cries or a singular-subject verb, so grammar remains important.