Found 2 items, similar to stridulate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stridulate
stridulate
v : make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special
bodily structures;
“male insects such as crickets or
grasshoppers stridulate” [syn:
clitter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stridulate
Stridulate
\Strid"u*late\, v. t. [See
Stridulous.]
To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo["o]l.), to
make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males
of many insects.
[1913 Webster]