stridulate

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stridulate

/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/ UK

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Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”))

verb stridulates · stridulating · stridulated

intransitive To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together. A window was open, and the crickets were stridulating at an ominous speed in the black motionless foliage.
Similar: chirp, chirr

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verb to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets

Español	estridular
Français	striduler
Italiano	stridulare

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@misc{stridulate_2026,
  title = {stridulate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stridulate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}