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stridulate

Verb (intransitive)

strid=u=late

WORDNET DICTIONARY

stridulate(v = verb.perception) clitter - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"

is one way to make noise, noise, resound

Derived form noun stridulation₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something

stridulate, v. t. [See Stridulous.].

To make a shrill, creaking noise [1913 Webster]

stridulate, v.intr. (of insects, esp. the cicada and grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing esp. the legs or wing-cases together.

Derivative

stridulant adj. stridulation n.

Etymology

F striduler f. L stridulus creaking (as STRIDENT)

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