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Meaning of stridulate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
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

العربية صفر
Čeština stridulovat
Español estridular
Suomi sirittää
Français striduler
Italiano stridulare

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.
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