Meaning of stridulate | Babel Free
ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪtDefinitions
To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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