stridulate

• Verbe utilisé pour décrire l'action d'émettre un son aigu et stridulant en frottant des parties du corps l'une contre l'autre, généralement effectuée par certains insectes comme les grillons et les sauterelles.

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.

   Striduler

   • 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.

   Synonymeschirpchirrcreakscreechsqueak