stridulate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈstrɪdʒəˌleɪt/ UK /ˈstrɪdjʊleɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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verb
to make a shrill chirping, creaking, or grating sound by rubbing specialized body parts together

Male crickets stridulate by rubbing parts of their forewings together.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make a shrill chirping,... chirpchirrcreak

Word family

Forms stridulatesstridulatorstridulatory

Derived forms stridulatedstridulating stridulationstridulatorystridulant

Related forms stridorcricket grasshopper sound

Etymology

A nineteenth-century back-formation from stridulation, through French from Latin stridulus, 'shrill or creaking,' itself related to stridere, 'to make a harsh sound.' The verb is used especially of insects and other animals with rubbing sound organs.

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