stridulate
Definitions
To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
Equivalents
3 more languages
Examples
“A window was open⟳, and the crickets were stridulating at an ominous speed⟳ in the black motionless foliage.”
“The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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