stridulate

• Глагол, используемый для описания действия по изданию пронзительного, скрежещущего звука путём трения частей тела друг о друга, обычно выполняемого некоторыми насекомыми, такими как сверчки и кузнечики.

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.

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   • 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.

   Synonymschirpchirrcreakscreechsqueak