stridulate

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”)) === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/ === Verb === stridulate (third-person singular simple present stridulates, present participle stridulating, simple past and past participle stridulated) (intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together. Synonyms: chirp, chirr ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== stridulate inflection of stridulare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== stridulate f pl feminine plural of stridulato