stridulating

Variant of stridulate

stridulate definition

stridu·late (strij′ə lāt′)

intransitive verb stridulated -·lat′ed, stridulating -·lat′·ing

to make a shrill grating or chirping sound by rubbing certain body parts together, as certain insects do

Etymology: < ModL stridulatus, pp. of stridulare < L stridulus: see stridulous

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