stridulate

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strid·u·late

S0808400 (strĭj′ə-lāt′)v. strid·u·lat·ed, strid·u·lat·ing, strid·u·lates v.intr. To produce a shrill grating, chirping, or hissing sound by rubbing body parts together, as certain insects do.v.tr. To produce by rubbing body parts together: "The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note" (John Updike).

[From Latin strīdulus, stridulous; see stridulous.]

strid′u·la′tion n.strid′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

stridulate

(ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪt) vb (Zoology) (intr) (of insects such as the cricket) to produce sounds by rubbing one part of the body against another[C19: back formation from stridulation, from Latin strīdulus creaking, hissing, from strīdēre to make a harsh noise] ˌstriduˈlation n ˈstriduˌlator n stridulatory adj

strid•u•late

(ˈstrɪdʒ əˌleɪt)

v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to produce a shrill, grating sound by rubbing together certain parts of the body: crickets stridulating. [1830–40; < Latin strīdul(us) making a shrill sound (derivative of strīdēre; see strident) + -ate¹] strid`u•la′tion, n.

stridulate

Past participle: stridulated
Gerund: stridulating

Imperative
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Present
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Preterite
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Present Continuous
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Present Perfect
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Past Continuous
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Past Perfect
I had stridulated
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Future
I will stridulate
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Future Perfect
I will have stridulated
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Future Continuous
I will be stridulating
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stridulating
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Future Perfect Continuous
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Past Perfect Continuous
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Conditional
I would stridulate
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Past Conditional
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Thesaurus

Verb

stridulate - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"clittermake noise, noise, resound - emit a noise

Translations

striduler

stridulate

strid·u·late

stridulate

strid•u•late

stridulate

stridulate

Synonyms for stridulate

verb make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures

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