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stridulate
[ strij-uh-leyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
stridulate
/ ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪt; ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtərɪ /
verb
- intr (of insects such as the cricket) to produce sounds by rubbing one part of the body against another
Derived Forms
- ˈٰˌٴǰ, noun
- ˌٰˈپDz, noun
- stridulatory, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰu·tDz noun
- ٰ···ٴ· [strij, -, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- ܲ·ٰu·iԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stridulate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stridulate1
Example Sentences
The insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated and droned as the air grew warmer in the sunset.
I may never want to tell a male grasshopper from a female grasshopper; I may never figure out how to pronounce “stridulate,” the special science word for when bugs rub their feet together.
Decrepit, senile, and miserable, Tithonus eventually shrank into a cicada who stridulated ceaselessly, calling out for release.
Insects in Borneo might stridulate loudly at a middle frequency, alternating so as not to drown each other out.
Like crickets and katydids, they can stridulate by rubbing its body parts together to attract a mate or ward off potential predators.
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