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stridulateenUK
strid·u·late S0808400 (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) adj.stridulate (ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪt) vb (Zoology) (intr) (of insects such as the cricket) to produce sounds by rubbing one part of the body against another[C19: back formation from stridulation, from Latin strīdulus creaking, hissing, from strīdēre to make a harsh noise] ˌstriduˈlation n ˈstriduˌlator n stridulatory adjstrid•u•late (ˈstrɪdʒ əˌleɪt)
v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to produce a shrill, grating sound by rubbing together certain parts of the body: crickets stridulating. [1830–40; < Latin strīdul(us) making a shrill sound (derivative of strīdēre; see strident) + -ate1] strid`u•la′tion, n. stridulate
Past participle: stridulated
Gerund: stridulating
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| stridulate | | stridulate |
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| I stridulate | | you stridulate | | he/she/it stridulates | | we stridulate | | you stridulate | | they stridulate |
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| I stridulated | | you stridulated | | he/she/it stridulated | | we stridulated | | you stridulated | | they stridulated |
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| I am stridulating | | you are stridulating | | he/she/it is stridulating | | we are stridulating | | you are stridulating | | they are stridulating |
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| I have stridulated | | you have stridulated | | he/she/it has stridulated | | we have stridulated | | you have stridulated | | they have stridulated |
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| I was stridulating | | you were stridulating | | he/she/it was stridulating | | we were stridulating | | you were stridulating | | they were stridulating |
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| I had stridulated | | you had stridulated | | he/she/it had stridulated | | we had stridulated | | you had stridulated | | they had stridulated |
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| I will stridulate | | you will stridulate | | he/she/it will stridulate | | we will stridulate | | you will stridulate | | they will stridulate |
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| I will have stridulated | | you will have stridulated | | he/she/it will have stridulated | | we will have stridulated | | you will have stridulated | | they will have stridulated |
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| I will be stridulating | | you will be stridulating | | he/she/it will be stridulating | | we will be stridulating | | you will be stridulating | | they will be stridulating |
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| I have been stridulating | | you have been stridulating | | he/she/it has been stridulating | | we have been stridulating | | you have been stridulating | | they have been stridulating |
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| I will have been stridulating | | you will have been stridulating | | he/she/it will have been stridulating | | we will have been stridulating | | you will have been stridulating | | they will have been stridulating |
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| I had been stridulating | | you had been stridulating | | he/she/it had been stridulating | | we had been stridulating | | you had been stridulating | | they had been stridulating |
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| I would stridulate | | you would stridulate | | he/she/it would stridulate | | we would stridulate | | you would stridulate | | they would stridulate |
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| I would have stridulated | | you would have stridulated | | he/she/it would have stridulated | | we would have stridulated | | you would have stridulated | | they would have stridulated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | stridulate - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"clittermake noise, noise, resound - emit a noise |
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Synonyms for stridulateverb make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structuresSynonymsRelated Words |