stridulate

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

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”))

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