1. A shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together

Derived forms: stridulations

See also: stridulate

Type of: noise

Encyclopedia: Stridulation

• chiral
• chiralgia
• Chiricahua Apache
• Chirico
• chirk
• chirk up
• Chirocephalus
• chirography
• chirology
• chiromance
• chiromancer
• chiromancy
• chiromantic
• Chiron
• Chironomidae
• Chironomus
• chiropodist
• chiropody
• chiropractic
• chiropractor
• Chiroptera
• chiropteran
• chirp
• chirper
• chirpily