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strid·u·late  (strj-lt)

v. strid·u·lat·ed, strid·u·lat·ing, strid·u·lates

v.intr.

To produce a shrill grating, chirping, or hissing sound by rubbing body parts together, as certain insects do.

v.tr.

To produce by rubbing body parts together: "The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note" (John Updike).

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[From Latin strdulus, stridulous; see stridulous.]

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stridu·lation n.

stridu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

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stridulate [ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪt]

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of insects such as the cricket) to produce sounds by rubbing one part of the body against another

[back formation from stridulation, from Latin strīdulus creaking, hissing, from strīdēre to make a harsh noise]

stridulation  n

stridulator  n

stridulatory  [ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtərɪ] adj

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Verb

1.

stridulate - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" clitter make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise