stridulate

Signification (Anglais)

To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

Concepts

striduler

Synonymes

clitter

chirp

trill

chirrup

fizz

splutter

sputter

tweet

tweeter

twitter

warble

stridulation

chatter

whitter

cheep

chirr

Traductions

zirpen

τερετίζω

τσιρίζω

stridulare

cricrilar

estridular

cırıltı

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”))