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strid⋅u⋅late

[strij-uh-leyt]

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–verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.

to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.

Origin:
1830–40; back formation from stridulation. See stridulous, -ate ¹ , -ion

Related forms:

strid⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun

strid⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry [strij-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

, adjective

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strid·u·late (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, -tōr'ē) adj.

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Stridulation

Strid`u*la"tion\, n. The act of stridulating. Specifically: (Zo["o]l.) (a) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. (b) The noise itself.

Note: The crickets stridulate by rubbing together the strong nervures of the fore wings. Many grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing the hind legs across strong nervures on the fore wings. The green grasshoppers and katydids stridulate by means of special organs at the base of the fore wings.

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