Stridulate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stridulate \Strid"u*late\, v. t. [See {Stridulous}.]
     To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zool.), to
     make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males
     of many insects.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stridulate
       v : make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special
           bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or
           grasshoppers stridulate" [syn: {clitter}]