stridulating

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A form of stridulate — To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stridulate
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APA

stridulating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridulating

MLA

“stridulating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridulating. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stridulating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridulating.

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