stridulation
Definitions
A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
Equivalents
7 more languages
العربيةصرير
Češtinastridulace
فارسیجیرجیر
עבריתצרצור
Nederlandsstridulatie
Portuguêsestridulação
Русскийстридуляци́я
Examples
“The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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