A window was open, and the crickets were stridulating at an ominous speed in the black motionless foliage.
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Stridulate
//ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt//
Synonyms for "stridulate" (8 found)
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6 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- цвърча verb (to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets)
Finnish
1 entries- sirittää verb (to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets)
French
1 entries- striduler verb (to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets)
Italian
1 entries- stridulare verb (to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets)
Māori
1 entries- kitā verb (to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets)
Spanish
1 entries- estridular verb (to make a noise by rubbing body parts as do crickets)
Sample sentences
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The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note.
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