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stridulation

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Françaisstridulation
7 more languages
العربيةصرير
Češtinastridulace
فارسیجیرجیر
עבריתצרצור
Nederlandsstridulatie
Portuguêsestridulação

Examples

The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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