Meaning of stridulate | Babel Free
/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/Definitions
To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
intransitive
Equivalents
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.