[strij-uh-leyt] 
| to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill. |
[strij-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective | 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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