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Added 10 October 2026

stridulate

/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/ verb

Latin root: strīdulus Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stridulate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.
male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate

Origin

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”))

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