v.
Pronunciation: ' stri-j ə - ˌ l ā t
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: -lat · ed ; -lat · ing
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 ― used especially of male insects (as crickets or grasshoppers)
– strid · u · la · tion \ ˌ stri-j ə - ' l ā -sh ə n \ noun
– strid · u · la · to · ry \ ' stri-j ə -l ə - ˌ to ̇ r- ē \ adjective