intransitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: back-formation from stridulation, from French, high-pitched sound, from Latin stridulus shrill Date: 1838 to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, stridulation noun stridulatory adjective
STRIDULATE
Meaning of STRIDULATE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012