STRIDULATE


Meaning of STRIDULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstri-jə-ˌlāt ]

intransitive verb

( -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 ˌstri-jə-ˈlā-shən noun

• strid·u·la·to·ry ˈstri-jə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.