stridulate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

clitter

chirp

trill

chirrup

fizz

splutter

sputter

tweet

tweeter

twitter

warble

stridulation

chatter

whitter

cheep

chirr

Translations

striduler

τερετίζω

zirpen

cricrilar

estridular

cırıltı

τσιρίζω

stridulare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/

Etymology

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”))