HyperDic: stridulate

English > 1 sense of the word stridulate:
VERBperceptionstridulate, clittermake a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
English > stridulate: 1 sense > verb 1, perception
Meaningmake a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.
PatternSomething ----s; Something ----s something
Example"male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
Synonymclitter
Broadermake noise, resound, noiseemit a noise
Nounsstridulationa shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together

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