strid|u|late

strid|u|late
strid|u|late «STRIHJ uh layt», intransitive verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing.
1. to make a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket or katydid does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body.
2. to shrill; chirr.
[< New Latin stridulare (with English -ate1) < Latin strīdulus; see etym. under stridulous (Cf.stridulous)]

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