Stridulate
[STRIH-jə-lait]
Part of speech: verb
Origin: French, mid-19th century
1.
(Of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) Make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.
Examples of Stridulate in a sentence
"The southern lubber grasshopper stridulates with a distinct sound."
"Ted was frustrated that he couldn’t find the cricket in his basement even when it stridulated."
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