stridulate
stridulate · stridulates · stridulated · stridulating
To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male…To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/
Meaning
1 sensesTo make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
More definitions
- make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giBack-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”))
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Forms
stridulates, stridulating, stridulated, stridulated| Base form | stridulate · to stridulate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stridulates |
| Present participle | stridulating |
| Past simple | stridulated |
| Past participle | stridulated |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsDerivedstridulator
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle