noun
stridulation
Stridulation (noun) means a shrill chirping, grating, hissing or squeaking noise, of the kind male crickets and grasshoppers produce by rubbing parts of their bodies together.
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A shrill chirping, grating, hissing or squeaking noise, of the kind male crickets and grasshoppers produce by rubbing parts of their bodies together.
"The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull."
— John Christopher, A Dusk of Demons (1994)
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Etymology
Recorded from 1838, from the earlier term stridulous, from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).
Rhymes for stridulation
region
ablation
allusion
emulsion
ideation
novation
diffusion
elocution
extension
oxidation
perfusion
selection
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What is the meaning of stridulation?
"stridulation" (noun) means a shrill chirping, grating, hissing or squeaking noise, of the kind male crickets and grasshoppers produce by rubbing parts of their bodies together.
