stridulate

• Verb, das die Erzeugung eines schrillen, knarrenden oder zirpenden Lautes durch Reiben von Körperteilen aneinander beschreibt, wie es vor allem Heuschrecken, Grillen und andere Insekten tun.

A verb used to describe the act of producing a shrill, grating sound by rubbing body parts together, typically performed by certain insects such as crickets and grasshoppers.

1. Produce a shrill soundC2formal

   To make a high-pitched, creaking noise by rubbing certain body parts together, typically used by insects like crickets and grasshoppers.

   Einen schrillen Ton erzeugen

   • The cricket began to stridulate as the sun set.
   • Grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing their hind legs against their wings.
   • The night was filled with the sound of insects stridulating in the grass.

   Synonymechirpchirrcreakscreechsqueak